SHEFFIELD Roberta

Canada
Equestrian
3 Nov 1980
40
Female
GIII
OXFORD
 
Great Britain
BOURNE
 
Great Britain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
EQU Equestrian Team Test to Music
CAN
Canada
 10
Individual Test - Grade III 12

Schedule

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
13Team Test to Music2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
14Individual Championship Test - Grade III2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Equestrian Games
4Individual Freestyle Test - Grade III2014Caen, FRA
6Individual Championship Test - Grade III2014Caen, FRA
8Team Test to Music2018Tryon, NC, USA
8Team Test to Music2014Caen, FRA
12Individual Test - Grade III2018Tryon, NC, USA
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Bert (Facebook profile, 08 May 2021)
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Athlete, Coach, Horse Trainer
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Norwich University of the Arts, Great Britain
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English
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Clive Milkins [national]
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Her father is a former world champion in skeet shooting. (bertsheffieldparaequestrianrider.com, 29 Apr 2015)
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She has competed in able-bodied dressage at national level in Great Britain. (bertsheffieldparaequestrianrider.com, 29 Apr 2015)
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She began riding at age four. (horsesport.com, 07 Nov 2019)
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"I started riding when my best friend started having lessons and I tagged along, around the age of four, rather ironically as one of the few able-bodied kids at a fantastic Riding for the Disabled Association facility. My mother bought me my first pony, an unbroken nine-year-old, when I was just six years old myself. He turned into a one-in-a-million pony, beating adults in dressage and being an amazing best friend." (horsesport.com, 07 Nov 2019)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (horsesport.com, 07 Nov 2019)
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Her mother. (bertsheffieldparaequestrianrider.com, 01 Dec 2017)
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In 2014 she received the Disabled Athlete of the Year award from Lincolnshire Sport in England. (bertsheffieldparaequestrianrider.com, 01 Dec 2017)

General Interest

Classification
GRADE III (FEI, 19 May 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (bertsheffieldparaequestrianrider.com, 01 Dec 2017)

Impairment Details
She has had rheumatoid arthritis since she was age 15. (bertsheffieldparaequestrianrider.com, 01 Dec 2017)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2019 she launched an online mentoring venture called HeartHorse Dressage. "When I was starting out on my crazy dressage journey I didn't have a mentor. I really wanted someone who understood the road I was trying to walk down, to be interested and to engage with me. Now after coaching riders for years, I decided the time was right to create something that would have been so valuable for me when I was in that earlier stage of my career. I don't seek to replace the trainer on the ground, but I can help the rider and trainer to see the forest for the trees and smooth the path of progression. It's fantastic to be part of the journey for competition riders, both able-bodied and Para, as well as those who don't wish to compete, but want more of a plan and structure to their daily training." (horsesport.com, 07 Nov 2019)

CHANGING NATIONALITY
She has Canadian and British citizenship. She originally represented Great Britain in Para equestrian before switching to ride for Canada in 2013. (bertsheffieldparaequestrianrider.com, 01 Dec 2017)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied politics at Aston University in Birmingham, England. (bertsheffieldparaequestrianrider.com, 01 Dec 2017; express.co.uk, 22 Jan 2013)

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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