NEDA Know How with Ellie Brimmer to discuss How to Get Started on the Para Olympic Pathway

Описание: NEDA strongly supports increasing access to dressage for all, and in support is making this session available to the general public. NEDA Know How webinar sessions are typically restricted to members. Visit www.neda.org for more information.

Ellie was named to the U.S. Para Equestrian Association board of directors in 2022 and to the US Equestrian Board of Directors and Executive Committee in January 2023, and as President of USPEA in January 2024. She was elected into the first dedicated para equestrian athlete seat on the USEF Board of Directors. Ellie was USDF’s volunteer of the year in 2023 and received USEF’s Lloyd Landkamer Memorial Sportsmanship Award in 2021.

Ellie grew up riding hunters, she’s from a horsey family her mother competes in amateur jumpers and her family has been a part of fox hunts for at least five generations in Ireland and America. Ellie made the switch to para dressage after graduating from college in 2008 when she was no longer confident she had the balance for jumping. She had never done anything related to her disability before but has found para dressage be a unique outlet to share her passion for horses with people similar to herself. Ellie helps spread the word about the para-equestrian community and how empowering competition can be for someone with physical limitations. Para dressage is not a step down but rather a step sideways working to ride much the same as able-bodied dressage.

Originally from Plymouth, Minnesota, now residing in Wellington, FL with rescue dog Timmy, Ellie Brimmer is half of a set of twins. She was born prematurely and has Cerebral Palsy. She has a BA in American Culture and a minor in History from Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, VA.