Kate Shoemaker
Sport: Para-Equestrian
Gold: 0 Silver: 0 Bronze: 2
Quick Facts
Birthday: August 25, 1987
Height: N/A
Age: 38
Hometown: Eagle, ID
Education: N/A
Biography
Quick Facts
- Rides in Grade IV competitions due to white matter lesions from periventricular ischemia causing motor control dysfunction, muscle weakness, and spasms on the right side of her body
- She compensates for the loss of three planes of motion control in her ankle with an ankle foot orthosis (brace) and uses special rein stops for added rein control
- With multiple top finishes in CPEDI3* competition in 2018, Shoemaker was named to her first FEI World Equestrian Games™ U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team with Solitaer 40
- In 2021, she swept the Grade IV classes and helped earn two Perrigo CPEDI3* team wins at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival.
Paralympic Experience
- 2-time Paralympian; 2-time Paralympic medalist (2 bronze)
- Paralympic Games Paris 2024, bronze (Individual Freestyle - Grade IV - Open), 5th (Individual Championship Test - Grade IV - Open)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (Team - Open), 4th (Individual Freestyle - Grade IV - Open), 7th (Individual Championship Test - Grade IV - Open)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2018 – bronze (grade IV freestyle)
- Years of Participation: 2018
- Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
- Bronze – 2018 (grade IV freestyle)
