S'pore teen strikes gold in international para-equestrian competition

16-year-old Singaporean Paralympian Gemma Rose Foo won gold at the Mannheim Para-Equestrian Championships in Germany over the weekend. She placed first in two of the three Dressage events available in her grade.

Gemma beat 11 athletes from countries such as Belgium, Sweden and Brazil, to take first place in the Team Test on day one of the Championships.

On the second day, she was fifth in the Individual Test competition.

This qualified her for the Freestyle to Music test on day three, where she again clinched top spot.

Gemma, and her teammates, Maximillian Tan and two-time Paralympic bronze medallist Laurentia Tan, are competing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The trio qualified as the top team in Asia.

Their success also marks the first time an Asian country will send a Para-Equestrian team to the Paralympic Games. 

SOURCE: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1201255/1/.html
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