Kate Shoemaker

{{short description|American Paralympic equestrian}}

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Kate Shoemaker (born August 25, 1987) is an American Paralympic equestrian. She represented the United States at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.usef.org/team-usa/athletes/kate_shoemaker |title=Kate Shoemaker |website=usef.org |access-date=October 25, 2022}}

Career

Shoemaker made her World Equestrian Games debut in 2018 and won a bronze medal in the individual para-dressage freestyle grade IV event.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/tryon-2018-10-questions-kate-shoemaker |title=Tryon 2018: 10 questions with Kate Shoemaker |website=paralympic.org |date=September 13, 2018 |access-date=October 25, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://psdressage.com/u-s-para-dressage-team-makes-history-ending-fei-world-equestrian-games-tryon-2018-four-medals/ |title=U.S. Para-Dressage Team Makes History Ending FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 With Four Medals |website=psdressage.com |first=Annan |last=Hepner |date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=October 25, 2022}} She again competed at the World Championships in 2022 where she won a silver medal in the individual para-dressage freestyle grade IV event, and a bronze medal in the team para-dressage event.{{cite web|url=https://www.uset.org/kate-shoemaker-secures-final-final-medal-for-adequan-u-s-para-dressage-team-at-herning-2022/ |title=Kate Shoemaker Secures Final Medal for Adequan® U.S. Para Dressage Team at Herning 2022 |website=uset.org |date=August 14, 2022 |access-date=October 25, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.com/news/2022/august/16/us-equestrians-pick-up-three-medals-at-the-world-championships-in-denmark |title=U.S. Equestrians Pick Up Three Medals At The World Championships In Denmark |website=teamusa.org |first=Paul D. |last=Bowker |date=August 16, 2022 |access-date=October 25, 2022}}

Shoemaker represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the team event, alongside Rebecca Hart and Roxanne Trunnell.{{cite web|url=https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/idahoans-claim-medals-at-paralympic-games/article_66c1311e-ec9a-5299-b30f-c2ae0f9b3a38.html |title=Idahoans claim medals at Paralympic Games |newspaper=The Idaho Press |date=September 7, 2021 |access-date=October 25, 2022}} She again represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the individual freestyle test grade IV event.{{cite web|url=https://www.usef.org/media/press-releases/newsflash---kate-shoemaker-vianne-secure |title=NEWSFLASH - Kate Shoemaker and Vianne Secure Individual Bronze in Grade IV FEI Grand Prix Freestyle at Paris 2024 |website=usef.org |date=September 7, 2024 |access-date=September 7, 2024}}

Personal life

Shoemaker suffers from white matter lesions from periventricular ischemia causing motor control dysfunction, muscle weakness, and spasms on the right side of her body.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/para-equestrian/athletes/Kate-Shoemaker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824185107/https://www.teamusa.org/para-equestrian/athletes/Kate-Shoemaker |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |title=Kate Shoemaker |website=teamusa.org |access-date=October 25, 2022}}

She is also an equine veterinarian and runs her own practice, Velocity Equine Sports Medicine, in Wellington, Florida.{{cite web|url=https://www.uset.org/working-toward-a-paralympic-dream/ |title=Working Toward a Paralympic Dream |website=uset.org |date=April 7, 2021 |access-date=October 25, 2022}}

References

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