KERR-HORAN Kate

Date of Birth: 10 Oct 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Sport Class: GIII

Place of birth: WEXFORD

Birth Country:

Ireland

Place of residence : TINAHELY

Residence Country:

Ireland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Equestrian	Team Test to Music IRL Ireland	12
	Individual Test - Grade III	18

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Equestrian Park	Dressage Individual Test - Grade III	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Equestrian Games
9	Individual Championship Test - Grade II	2014	Caen, FRA
12	Team Test to Music	2014	Caen, FRA
European Championships
8	Individual Test - Grade III	2017	Gothenburg, SWE
8	Individual Freestyle Test - Grade III	2017	Gothenburg, SWE

Reading, listening to music, playing with her dogs, watching TV. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach, Equine Worker

Equine Studies - Maynooth University, Ireland

Languages spoken:

English, French

Broomfield Equestrian Centre [Tinahely, IRL]

Donie McNamara [personal], IRL

In December 2019 she suffered a broken wrist and broken fingers when a horse that she was leading into a field knocked her over. She underwent surgery on Christmas Day and was out of action for four months. (horsesportireland.ie, 12 Jun 2020; Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

She began riding at an early age, and started competing in able-bodied and Para dressage in 2007. (pledgesports.org, 01 Jan 2017; paraequestrianireland.com, 15 Sep 2011)

She was encouraged to take up riding as a form of rehabilitation after her accident to assist with her balance and coordination. "I love horses and training them." (pledgesports.org, 01 Jan 2017; Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (horsesportireland.ie, 12 Jun 2020)

Finishing second in the team test at the three star event in Doha, Qatar, in 2019. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Dutch dressage rider Anky van Grunsven. (dressageireland.ie, 27 Feb 2012; Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Her mother. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Practice makes perfect." (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
GRADE III (FEI, 16 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympics.ie, 06 Aug 2021)

Impairment Details
At age three, she was found unconscious in the fields at her family's home and had possibly been kicked by a horse. She was placed in an induced coma for 12 days and needed a tracheostomy with pieces of her ribs inserted into her vocal chords to help her breath until she was 11. The entire left side of her body was also paralysed. She spent a year in the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, where she learned to walk and speak again. (paralympics.ie, 06 Aug 2021; pledgesports.org, 01 Jan 2017; paraequestrianireland.com, 15 Sep 2011)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has worked as a riding instructor and has helped her mother Pam run the family business at the Broomfield Equestrian Centre in Tinahely, Ireland. (paralympics.ie, 06 Aug 2021; horsesportireland.ie, 12 Jun 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/kate.kerrhoran

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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