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Born | 30 May 1999 |
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Country | Australia |
Sport | Para-equestrian |
Stella Barton (born 30 May 1999) is an Australian para-equestrian. She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. [1]
Barton was born on 30 May 1999. [2] She was born with cerebral palsy that affets her four limbs. [3] When out in the community she uses a wheelchair. She attended Shelford Girls' Grammar and has completed an arts degree at Swinburne University of Technology. [4]
Barton's great, great, great uncle was Edmund Barton, Australia's first prime minister. [5]
Barton is a member of the Australian Greens. [6]
She started riding at the age of seven at the police stables in South Melbourne, where a Riding for the Disabled Association Centre is based. She competes as an Australian Grade 1 Para Dressage rider. [7] In 2023, three-time Paralympian Sharon Jarvis offered her own horse, Lord Larmarque, aka ‘Bug’, for training and competitions. [8] Her sporting highlight was competing at 2023 Hartpury Festival of Dressage in England.
At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she finished seventh in the Dressage individual team test grade I and eight in Individual championship test grade I. She was a member of the Australian team that finished 12th in the Team event.
In 2024, she is a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship athlete. [2]
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