Kate Shoemaker

Kate Shoemaker

Personal information
National team	United States
Born	(1987-08-25) August 25, 1987 (age 37) Eagle, Idaho, U.S.
Sport
Sport	Para-equestrian
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympics 0 0 2 World Equestrian Games 0 1 2 Total 0 1 4 Para-equestrian Representing  United States Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team 2024 Paris Individual freestyle test grade IV

Kate Shoemaker (born August 25, 1987) is an American Paralympic equestrian. She represented the United States at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.[1]

Career

Shoemaker made her World Equestrian Games debut in 2018 and won a bronze medal in the individual para-dressage freestyle grade IV event.[2][3] 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.[4][5]

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.[6] She again represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the individual freestyle test grade IV event.[7]

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.[8]

She is also an equine veterinarian and runs her own practice, Velocity Equine Sports Medicine, in Wellington, Florida.[9]

References

1. "Kate Shoemaker". usef.org. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
2. "Tryon 2018: 10 questions with Kate Shoemaker". paralympic.org. September 13, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
3. Hepner, Annan (September 23, 2018). "U.S. Para-Dressage Team Makes History Ending FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 With Four Medals". psdressage.com. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
4. "Kate Shoemaker Secures Final Medal for Adequan® U.S. Para Dressage Team at Herning 2022". uset.org. August 14, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
5. Bowker, Paul D. (August 16, 2022). "U.S. Equestrians Pick Up Three Medals At The World Championships In Denmark". teamusa.org. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
6. "Idahoans claim medals at Paralympic Games". The Idaho Press. September 7, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
7. "NEWSFLASH - Kate Shoemaker and Vianne Secure Individual Bronze in Grade IV FEI Grand Prix Freestyle at Paris 2024". usef.org. September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
8. "Kate Shoemaker". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
9. "Working Toward a Paralympic Dream". uset.org. April 7, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

External links

• Kate Shoemaker at Team USA (archived)
• Kate Shoemaker at the International Paralympic Committee