Courtney King steps up, against the odds
US Olympic dressage passenger Courtney King-Dye has joined the telephone telephone for nominations for the FEI’s Against All Odds Award, simply 20 days earlier the closing engagement for the FEI Awards 2013.
King-Dye, a traumatic encephalon injury survivor, was concluding twelvemonth the recipient of the Against All Odds Award, which goes to a soul who has pursued his or her equestrian ambitions despite a physical handicap or extremely hard personal circumstances.
“The FEI accolade meant a dandy bargain to me because the recipient is nominated yesteryear the public,” King-Dye said recently. “It meant that I touched people, that they idea me the nearly worthy of such an important, international award.”
Addressing the equestrian community, she said: “If y'all shout out back that someone deserves the 2013 award, delight guide keep the fourth dimension to nominate them – allow them know they’re meaningful.”
King-Dye’s even is good known. In 2010, she savage from a Equus caballus she was schooling, fractured her skull in addition to spent a calendar month inward a coma. She was non wearing a helmet at the fourth dimension of the accident in addition to is even in addition to then undergoing rehabilitation therapy, every bit her coordination in addition to oral communication guide keep been severely affected. The sweat website www.riders4helmets.com was created inward reaction to her accident.
After the FEI Awards ceremony inward Istanbul concluding November, King-Dye wrote: ʺI shout out back my accident was necessary inward the struggle for security because an Olympian who sustains a encephalon injury piece riding proves that injury has nada to produce amongst marking of skill. For fifteen years, I was a soul who solely rode the immature or “dangerous” horses amongst a helmet, but my Equus caballus did nada naughty; he simply tripped over his ain feet.”
The FEI, whose novel Helmet Rule came into trial on 1 Jan 2013, has worked closely amongst Riders4Helmets in addition to King-Dye.
On 22 June, International Helmet Awareness Day, FEI General Counsel Lisa Lazarus was the commencement invitee speaker on the Riders4Helmet’s “Get Educated” live-streamed webinars.
“The FEI is urging everyone involved inward equestrian sport to piece of work protective headgear in addition to familiarise themselves amongst the FEI helmet rule,” she said.
“We guide keep been collaborating amongst Riders4Helmets all the agency through this process, in addition to their assist has been invaluable. The Riders4Helmets squad members are all highly committed volunteers amongst demanding twenty-four hr catamenia jobs, in addition to they guide keep made massive in-roads since their commencement International Helmet Awareness Day inward July 2010. We await forrad to continuing to back upward Riders4Helmets every bit they spread their security message internationally”.
Courtney King-Dye qualified for the U.S.A. Paralympic Team Selection trials for London 2012 but decided non to continue. King-Dye, who is a USDF-certified Dressage teacher in addition to trainer, latterly told the FEI how much she enjoyed didactics clinics in addition to said she was “very thankful” to guide keep the mightiness to percentage her knowledge.
Nominations for the Against All Odds Award, also every bit for the other iv FEI Awards categories (Reem Acra Best Athlete, Longines Rising Star, Best Groom in addition to Development) are opened upward until 31 July at www.feiawards.org.
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