Paralympian named Australia’s International Athlete of the Year
Paralympic aureate medalist Joann Formosa has been named equally Australia’s International Athlete of the Year for 2012.
With her aureate medal win at the 2012 London Paralympic Games inwards the Grade 1b private test, Formosa is exclusively the instant Australian to win a Paralympic aureate medal inwards Equestrian. On her agency to victory, Formosa too her mount, 17 yr sometime stallion Worldwide PB, too dethroned the world’s well-nigh successful Para-Equestrian passenger to-date, Lee Pearson of Great Britain. 75.826%
Formosa received the award at the Equestrian Commonwealth of Australia Awards at Le Montage inwards Sydney final month. She beat out London Olympians Lyndal Oatley, Edwina Tops-Alexander too Chris Burton, equally good equally the world entitle driver Boyd Exell too vaulter Lani Maher for the award.
The highlight of the level was the Hall of Fame presentation which inducted the 1976 Eventing Team, Olympic aureate medal winning horse Sunburst, Show Equus caballus championVicky Lawrie, too Albert ‘Bert’ Jacobs – Australia’s commencement Olympic illustration inwards demonstrate jumping.
Formosa is the commencement Australian to win a aureate medal inwards equestrian since Julie Higgins’ dual aureate at Sydney 2000 too was the exclusively Australian to win a medal inwards the sport at both the London Paralympic too Olympic Games.
She is too exclusively the instant Australian to win a Paralympic aureate medal inwards equestrian.
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