USEF Adds Roxanne Trunnell to the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Games Equestrian Team

Roxanne Trunnell and Royal Dancer
Roxanne Trunnell and Royal Dancer

Lexington, Ky. – August 17, 2016 – The United States Equestrian Federation announced that Roxanne Trunnell of Rowlett, Texas has been added to the U.S. Paralympic Equestrian squad for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 7-18.

As a result of a Danish athlete withdrawing from the Paralympics, the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) allocated the U.S. an individual slot because they had the next highest ranked athlete on the FEI Paralympic Ranking List. Trunnell will be entered as an individual in the Grade Ia division with Royal Dancer, an 11-year-old Westphalian gelding owned by Julia Handt.

Trunnell joins the following combinations that will compete in the team competition in addition to competing as individuals:

Sydney Collier (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Grade Ib, and Wesley Dunham’s Western Rose, a 2003 Oldenburg mare

Rebecca Hart (Wellington, Fla.), Grade II, and her own Schroeters Romani, a 2002 Danish Warmblood mare

Margaret McIntosh (Reading, Pa.), Grade Ia, and her own Rio Rio, a 2006 Rheinland Pfalz-Saar mare

Angela Peavy (Avon, Conn. and Wellington, Fla.), Grade III, and Heather Blitz and Rebecca Reno’s Lancelot Warrior, a 2002 Hanoverian gelding

The 2016 U.S. Paralympic Equestrian Team members earned their Paralympic Games berths following the USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships presented by Deloitte and Selection Event for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in June. All nominations to the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Equestrian Team are subject to approval by the United States Olympic Committee.

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