Roxanne Trunnell

Quick Facts

Horses have always been a part of Roxanne “Roxie” Trunnell’s life. As a competitor in able-bodied dressage, Trunnell aspired to be an Olympian. When she was a teenager, she created her own business to help purchase her first dressage horse, Nice Touch or ‘Touché.' She earned a United States Dressage Federation (USDF) bronze medal and was close to obtaining a silver medal until contracting a virus in 2009 that caused swelling in her brain that changed her life forever. The virus put her in a coma and resulted in her requiring a wheelchair. Determined to ride Touché again, Trunnell elicited the help of her family and friends to get her back in the saddle and after a long recovery, slowly began to ride again. Sher entered the Tokyo Games as the highest-ranked Para Dressage athlete in the world, per the FEI Para Dressage World Individual Ranking. Additionally, Trunnell completed her Masters in Psychology with a focus in Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy.

Paralympic Experience

• 3-time Paralympian; 5-time Paralympic medalist (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
  • Paralympic Games Paris 2024, gold (Team - Open), silver (Individual Championship Test - Grade I - Open), 5th (Individual Freestyle - Grade I - Open)
  • Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold (Individual Championship Test - Grade I - Open, Individual Freestyle - Grade I - Open), bronze (Team - Open)
  • Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 10th (Individual Championship Test - Grade Ia - Open)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2018 – bronze (grade I freestyle)
• Years of Participation: 2014, 2018
• Medals: 1 (1 bronze)