Georgia Wilson (equestrian)

Wilson is from Abergele, Wales.[2] She started riding aged two as her mother was advised it would help with her balance as she has cerebral palsy.[3] She attended Rydal Penrhos in Colwyn Bay.[4]

Wilson started training in Clwyd, Wales,[3] and she is trained by fellow British dressage competitor Sophie Wells.[5] She competed at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games.[6] In January 2019, Wilson was one of six para-dressage competitors given National Lottery funding for the period from 2019 to 2021.[7] That year, she competed 2019 FEI European Championships, her first European Championships, on horse Midnight.[8] At the Championships, Wilson won the individual freestyle grade II event,[4][9] and also came second in the individual championship test grade II event and team events.[10] In September 2020, Wilson started competing with horse Sakura,[9] also known as Suki.[11]

Wilson was not initially selected for the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics; instead, she was the team's reserve.[9] On 12 August 2021, she was called up to the British Paralympic equestrian team, replacing Sophie Christiansen whose horse was injured.[2][12] It was her first Paralympic Games,[9] and the first major championship event for Sakura.[11] At the Games, Wilson won bronze medals in the individual championship test grade II[2][13] and individual freestyle test grade II events.[14] At one point in the individual championship event, Wilson was winning the event,[9] and her individual championship medal was the first for a Welsh person at the Games.[15] Her individual test score of 72.765 was only just behind Austria's Pepo Puch, who finished second in the event.[16]

• Georgia Wilson (and here) at FEI
• British Equestrian