Sophie Wells

Sophie has been around animals all her life, ‘Cos her dad’s a farmer and she loves horses, She was born on the 5th day of May in 1990, With no nerve feeling in her fingers or feet. Lincoln England graced her and she became, A grade IV classification Paralympian rider, Which is for people with less affective disabilities, Although she has won non-disabled events. At the Euros in Norway she bagged three golds, In 2009, and at the Equestrian Worlds in 2010, She won two more golds: individual, freestyle, Such that she qualified for 2012’s Paralympics. There she won gold in the team championship, And a silver for the championship test grade IV, And another silver for the very creative freestyle, So she was given the MBE for equestrianism. In 2013 at the Euros, Denmark, she won golds, Three of them, and at 2014’s Worlds, Normandy, She won one team gold and two more silvers, For the individual and yet again for the freestyle. The Euros 2015 in Deauville in France and alas, Sophie won team gold, two silvers, same events, So in Rio she boldly claimed the individual gold, On her horse Valerius who proudly celebrated.