Triple gold medal-winning para dressage rider Suzanna Hext has been selected for the Tokyo Paralympics as part of the British swimming squad.
Suzanna, who evented up to CCI2* (now CCI3*-L) before a life-changing riding accident nine years ago, told
H&H she traces her success in the pool back to watching the para riders at London 2012 from her hospital bed.
“When I was lying in hospital it was during the London 2012 Paralympics. At the time I was stuck in quite a big rut,” she said. “I’ll be completely honest, I guess I’d lost me as a person — my sense of identity has always been sport.