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Collier

Quick Facts

• Collier began riding at seven-years-old with dreams of competing at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. A routine vision screening altered that goal when the doctor diagnosed her with Wyburn–Mason syndrome, a very rare congenital birth defect affecting less than 0.14% of the world’s population. In 2007, she underwent medical treatments and hospitalizations to get rid of the arteriovenous malformations that characterize Wyburn-Mason syndrome. As a result, Collier completely lost the vision in her right eye and suffered a stroke that caused the loss of the use of the left side of her body
• After attending the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and meeting Paralympian Jonathan Wentz, Collier became inspired to compete in para-equestrian dressage
• Collier trains with Wes Dunham out of his Woodstock Stables in Millbrook, N.Y
• She takes every opportunity that comes her way to speak to groups about overcoming challenges
• Plans to become a special education teacher
• Loves to volunteer as an aid in special education classrooms
• Journey, her service dog, loves to go to the barn a visit with the horses.

Career Highlights

• 2016 National Champion in the High Performance Division with Western Rose at the 2016 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships
• Won the Grade Ib Team and Individual Tests at the Wellington CPEDI3* with Western Rose during week two of Global Dressage Festival
• Won the Grade Ib Team Test and Grade Ib Individual Test at the Wellington CPEDI3* with Western Rose during the first week of the Global Dressage Festival

Paralympic Experience

• 1-time Paralympian;
• Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 7th (Individual Championship Test - Grade Ib - Open), 12th (Team - Open)

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