Katie Umback
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Katie-Maree Umback |
Born | (1973-08-20) 20 August 1973 (age 50) |
Sport | |
Country | Australia |
Sport | Para-equestrian |
Disability class | Grade III |
Katie-Maree Umback[1][2] (born 20 August 1973) is an Australian para-equestrian who represented her country at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Personal
Umback was born on 20 August 1973.[3] At the age of 32, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. As a result, she underwent several years of chemotherapy and several rounds of autoimmune medications. She is partially numb in 70 per cent of her body and has diminished arm and leg strength.[4] She lives in Bega, New South Wales.[3]
Equestrian
Umback started with pony clubs at the age of five and moved to dressage at the age of seven.[3] She then moved into eventing but this ceased at the age of 18 after a serious fall on a cross country course which led to her breaking the fifth vertebra in her neck.[3] She then concentrated on dressage. After her treatment for multiple sclerosis, she returned to riding with the goal of competing at the Paralympics.[3] In 2014, as a Grade III rider she competed the CPEDI 3* in Hartpury, England. In the lead up to the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she based herself Holland so that she could compete on the European dressage circuit and undertake Paralympic qualifiers.[3]
In a 2015 interview, Umback said: "I should be totally disabled by now but I never accepted that outcome for my life, I always stayed positive in my thoughts and everything I do and have never given up on myself or my dreams and now I'm living my dreams."[5]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she rode Danish Warmblood gelding, Gronskovlunds Marquis.[3][6][7] She finished eighth in the Dressage Individual Team Test Grade III and 12th in the Individual Championship Test Grade III and was a member of the Australian Team that finished ninth in the Team Competition.[8]
References
- ^ "Katie-Maree Umback". Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Katie-Maree Umback". International Federation for Equestrian Sports. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Katie Umback". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Katie Umback paralympic hopeful after success in Victoria". Bega District News. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Katie's Road to Rio". The Hacky Does Dressage. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Four named on 2016 Australian Paralympic Equestrian Team". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 28 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Medlicott, Jeanne (17 June 2015). "Katie Umback is riding dressage in England". Bega District News. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Katie Umback". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
External links
- Katie Umback at Paralympics Australia
- International Equestrian Federation Profile and Results
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