FOO Gemma Rose Jen

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
11	Team Test to Music	2012	London, GBR
12	Individual Freestyle Test - Grade Ia	2012	London, GBR
13	Individual Championship Test - Grade Ia	2012	London, GBR
14	Team Test to Music	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
24	Individual Championship Test - Grade Ia	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Equestrian Games
9	Team Test to Music	2014	Caen, FRA
16	Individual Championship Test - Grade Ia	2014	Caen, FRA

Gem (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Music, watching films, writing, reading. (twelvepaleroses.wordpress.com, 01 Jun 2020; singaporepoloclub.org, 01 Jul 2019; Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Customer Service, Writer

Communications - Oklahoma City University, Singapore

English, Mandarin

Singapore Polo Club [Singapore]

Volker Eubel [national], GER

2011 for Singapore, World Championships in Great Britain (Athlete, 08 Aug 2012)

She ruptured her spleen in March 2016 after falling from her horse. She underwent emergency surgery and was cleared to resume riding after three months, but needed eight months to fully recover. (theonlinecitizen.com, 16 Sep 2016; Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

She was sidelined for a month in 2012 as a result of falling from her horse during training. (Athlete, 08 Aug 2012)

She began riding horses at the Riding for the Disabled Association [RDA] in Singapore. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

She took up the sport as a form of therapy and found that it boosted her confidence. "It definitely helped me gain self-esteem because it improved my balance and coordination. It also made me realise I was good at something." (theonlinecitizen.com, 16 Sep 2016; todayonline.com, 13 May 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and to become a published writer. (singaporepoloclub.org, 01 Jul 2019; Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Qualifying for the 2020 Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Singaporean Para equestrian dressage rider Laurentia Tan. (Athlete, 08 Aug 2012)

Coach Volker Eubel, and her parents. (singaporepoloclub.org, 01 Jul 2019; Athlete, 26 Aug 2012)

She performs stretches before competing, which helps her to stay supple on the horse. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." [Theodore Roosevelt] (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)