Tag: Paralympics Tokyo 2020
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Paralympian Jody Schloss sees the positive side of disability!
Jody Schloss is on the Canadian Para dressage team heading to Denmark, next week, for the World Para Dressage Championships. I emailed her my questions and she responded. I was inspired by her answers. Tell me about your disability. When I was 23, and was in University at UBC on a summer break my friend…
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Roxie Trunnell: Paralympian turned “lemons” into gold medals.
We all know the saying that when life hands you lemons you make lemonade. Let me tell you what Paralympian Roxie Trunnell did with her lemons. In 2009 she contracted a virus that caused swelling in her brain. She was put into a medically induced coma. When she woke up she found she was unable…
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Meet the Canadian Para Equestrian Team!
A team of four Para dressage riders and their horses will be competing for Canada in Para Equestrian at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. This post is a copy of an article on the Para equestrians from paralympic.ca Lauren Barwick (Aldergrove, BC) & Sandrino, Winona Hartvikson (Langley, BC) & Onyx, Jody Schloss (Toronto,…