1. Sharon Jarvis was born on 31 October 1978 and is an Australian para-equestrian.
10 Facts About Sharon Jarvis
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Sharon Jarvis represented Australia at the three Summer Paralympics - 2008 Beijing, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo.
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Sharon Jarvis survived the cancer through twelve months of chemotherapy and radiation therapy but a year later broke the same leg affected by cancer.
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Sharon Jarvis operates a pony stud called Applewood in Donnybrook, Western Australia.
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Sharon Jarvis won bronze medals in the individual test and freestyle test events at the 2010 World Equestrian Games at Lexington, Kentucky.
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Sharon Jarvis was unable to attend the 2012 London Paralympics and 2014 World Equestrian Games due to transportation and horse injury problems.
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Sharon Jarvis finished ninth in the Individual Championship Test Grade III and 15th in the Dressage Individual Team Test Grade III and was a member of the Australian team that finished ninth in the Team Competition.
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At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Sharon Jarvis rode 18-year-old gelding Romanos and finished 10th in the Individual championship test grade III.
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Sharon Jarvis was a member of the Australian team competition with Emma Booth and Amelia White that finished thirteenth.
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Sharon Jarvis has stated that Tokyo 2020 will be her final Paralympics.