DAVIES Victoria

Australia
Equestrian
21 Aug 1984
37
Female
GII
SHOALHAVEN, NSW
 
Australia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
EQU Equestrian Team Test to Music  
Individual Test - Grade II 9

Schedule

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Vic (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2021)
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Victoria Davies-Koch
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Travelling, spending time with her husband. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2021)
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Athlete
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Husband Michael Koch
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English
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Tora V Dressage [Shoalhaven, NSW, AUS]
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Lone Jorgensen [national]; Alycia Targa [personal], AUS
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She has also competed in able-bodied dressage competitions at national level in Australia. (victoriadavies.com.au, 24 Dec 2020)
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In 2021 she underwent a procedure to remove skin cancer from her nose. (southcoastregister.com.au, 26 May 2021)
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She began riding at age three. (victoriadavies.com.au, 07 Apr 2020)
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"My mother was a successful rider and a few years after I was born my parents began breeding PRE [Pura Raza Espanola] Spanish horses. Horses were always going to be part of my life." (horseandhound.co.uk, 26 May 2016)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (victoriadavies.com.au, 07 Apr 2020)
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Qualifying for the 2020 Paralympic Games. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2021)
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US powerlifter Stef Cohen. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2021)
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"My new motto is to listen to your gut feeling, take out the emotions and think logically." (southcoastregister.com.au, 26 May 2021)
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In 2019 she was inducted in the Australia Day Hall of Fame in Shoalhaven, NSW, Australia. (victoriadavies.com.au, 07 Apr 2020)

General Interest

Classification
GRADE II (FEI, 18 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Impaired muscle power (victoriadavies.com.au, 24 Dec 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (victoriadavies.com.au, 24 Dec 2020)

Impairment Details
She was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at age nine. In 2016 she was diagnosed with basilar invagination, a neurological condition that also affects her spine. (victoriadavies.com.au, 07 Apr 2020)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In August 2018 she became a director for the 'Pura Raza Espanola Association of Australasia' [PREAA]. She also has an administrative position with the Andalusian Horse Association of Australasia [AHAA]. (victoriadavies.com.au, 07 Apr 2020)

RIO WITHDRAWAL
She was diagnosed with the neurological and spinal condition basilar invagination in 2016, which put an end to her hopes of competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "This news, for the first time in my life, made me feel vulnerable and I was filled with fear. I required high-risk surgery to stabilise my spine and to stop spinal cord damage. After four years of hard training, travelling overseas, and just days away from leaving for the European Paralympic qualifiers, I had to make the heartbreaking decision to withdraw from the Paralympic effort. I was on the Australian Paralympic Equestrian Shadow Squad. I was so close. I had a cry when I put my team uniform away and closed that chapter in life but I was proud that I had achieved so much on a PRE stallion I had trained myself." (horseandhound.co.uk, 26 May 2016)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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