Susan Seipel

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Susan Seipel Biography

Susan Seipel (born 4 April 1986) is an Australian Para-canoeist, a gold and bronze medallist in kayak and outrigger canoe at the 2015 and 2016 World Championships. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

At the age of seven, Seipel’s sporting passion began to change after learning to ride horses at the McIntyre Riding Centre for the Disabled in the western suburbs of Brisbane. Seipel said: “We used to go past the Centre on the way to my school and I always saw the horses. I really loved animals and wanted to have a go there. My parents thought it would be good therapy and took me along.” In 1998, she competed for the first time at the National Riding for Disabled (RDA) Dressage Championships, where she gained first place in her warm- up test against international riders. After competing at these Championships for nine successive years, Seipel made her International debut at the FEI Pacific Rim Para-equestrian Dressage International, held at Milner Downs Equestrian Centre in Langley, Canada. It was here she gave her best performance winning a bronze medal and qualified for the 2008 Summer Paralympics Beijing, China, but was not selected in the team to represent Australia.

Seipel, a Bellbowrie resident of Queensland, was born with Arthrogryposis Multiplex, a rare disorder characterised by fusion of joints and absent muscle formation in her legs. Born in Ipswich, Queensland she attended St Peter Claver College. In 2003, she completed Information Technology certificates and in 2004, a TAFE course in horse management. In 2008, she completed a Diploma of Applied Science, Equine Studies Major at the University of Queensland. She is a volunteer with the RSPCA at Wacol, Queensland.

In 2012, Seipel attended a Para-canoe ‘come and try day’. She was encouraged to take up Para-canoeing by Australian Olympian Amanda Rankin. and in 2013 joined the Brisbane Canoeing Club. Seipel is classified a KL2 and competed at the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow where she finished sixth in the Women’s KL2 (formerly TA) K1 200m.

Determined to pursue her competitive spirit, Seipel mastered the kayak (K1) and outrigger (V1) canoes winning in both boats at domestic trials. At the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan Italy, she won the gold medal in the Women’s V–1 200 m VL2 and bronze medal in the Women’s K–1 200 m KL2, a 2016 Rio Paralympics event.

At the 2016 ICF Para-canoe World Championships, Duisburg, Germany, she won the gold medal in the Women’s 200 m Vl2 and bronze medal in the Women’s 200 m KL2, a Paralympic Games event.

At the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Račice, Czech Republic, she won the gold medal in Women’s VL2 200m and finished fourth in the Women’s KL2 200m. At the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, she finished sixth in the Women’s KL2 200m and fourth in the Women’s VL2 200m.

At the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Szeged, Hungary, she won the silver medal in the Women’s VL2 200m and bronze medal in the Women’s KL2 200m.

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