Sophie Christiansen

Sophie Christiansen
CBE
	One of three golds at Rio in 2016
Personal information
Birth name	Sophie Margaret Christiansen
Born	14 November 1987 (age 36); Ascot, Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, England
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Para equestrian
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Highest world ranking	1
Personal best	84.75%
Medal record
Para equestrian
Representing Great Britain
Paralympic Games

Sophie Margaret Christiansen, CBE (born 14 November 1987) is an English equestrian who has competed in four successive Paralympic Games.^[1]^[2] In 2012 and 2016 she gained three gold medals at the Paralympics.^[3] In 2008 she won two gold medals and a silver at the Beijing Paralympics whilst studying for a master's degree in mathematics at Royal Holloway, University of London. She works as a software developer at investment bank, Goldman Sachs and as a disability campaigner. She qualified for the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics but had to drop out due to her horse not being fit.^[4]

^ "Sophie Christiansen MBE". Retrieved 4 September 2012.
^ "Paralympic challengers: Sophie Christiansen". BBC Sport. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
^ Sophie Christiansen Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Rio2016, Retrieved 17 September 2016
^ Cite error: The named reference para2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[CBBC-1] "Sophie Christiansen MBE". Retrieved 4 September 2012.

[BBC-2] "Paralympic challengers: Sophie Christiansen". BBC Sport. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

[rio-3] Sophie Christiansen Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Rio2016, Retrieved 17 September 2016

[para2020-4] Cite error: The named reference para2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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