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Mary Sanna |
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| Family Name |
Sanna |
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| Given Name |
Rachael |
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| Nickname |
Olive Oil |
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| Discipline |
Dressage |
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| NOC Code |
AUS |
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| Date of Birth |
17-Dec-72 |
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| Gender |
Female |
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| Height (cm) |
177 |
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| Weight (kg) |
60 |
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| Place of Birth |
Sydney |
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| Status |
Single |
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| Home State |
NSW |
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| Hobbies |
Socialising with friends, Movies, Relaxing |
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| Employment |
Rider |
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| Current Horse |
Yardley Aphrodite |
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| Horses Details |
1989 bay mare |
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| Career Highlights |
• 2002 WEG Jerez - 12th in Team classification
• 2002 WEG Jerez - 49th in Individual classification
• National Championships 2000 - 2nd
• National Championships 1999 - 5th
• 1999 Gelpad World Cup Australasian final - 1st
• 1998 Sydney CDI - 1st in all classes entered - Grand
Prix / Kur / Special / Prix St George / Inter 1 & II
• 1998 Diana Ferrari (Melbourne) -1st in all classes
entered -Grand Prix / Kur / Special / Prix St George /
Inter 1
• 1997 Schoten CDI (Belguim) Grand Prix Kur 4th / Grand
Prix 16th
• 1997 Hamburg CDI - 5th Grand Prix Kur / 17th Grand Prix
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| Favourite Food |
Snickers Bars |
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| Favourite Movie(s) |
Oliver Twist |
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| Favourite Music |
Dance Music |
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| Pre-competition Routine |
Hibernate for about an hour before to
concentrate on the job |
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| Most Embarrassing Situation |
Getting bucked off in front of all my
boarders and landing in the neighbours garden |
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| Best advice you have received |
Aim for the stars - the worst you can do
is soar with the eagles |
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| Advice for aspiring riders |
As above |
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| Who would you most like to meet |
Pete Sampras |
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| Most Admired Sportsperson |
Judy Dierks (Dressage rider/coach) |
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| Superstitions |
At competitions I wear my lucky socks |
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| If you won 1 million dollars what would
you do |
Give it to my parents as I have no idea
what I would do with that amount of money |
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| Languages Spoken |
English |
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| Higher Education |
Year 12 |
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| Any Major Injuries |
Broken finger - hard to hold the rein |
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Have you won any major sporting awards
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No - not yet |
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| Where did you grow up |
Tamworth/Armidale |
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| What age did you start riding |
6 years |
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| How did you get into Equestrian |
Started at pony club and then at school |
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| Ambitions |
Focussing on this year |
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| What is the worst thing to happen to
you in your career |
Not making the 1998 World Equestrian Games
team |
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| What is the funniest thing that has
happened to you in sport |
At the World Cup final in Melbourne it
felt like "Groundhog Day" whereby everybody celebrates my
24th birthday again and again |
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| What will you do after you retire |
Get buried (or cremated) |
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| What do your parents do |
Father is a pharmacist / Mother - working
Mum |
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| What do your brothers or sisters do |
Two younger brothers - one works on a
cruise ship / one travels / sister is currently travelling |
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| What will you do after you retire |
Have a family plus a pony in the back yard |
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