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Sophie Christiansen CBE

Champion of Sport and Disability Rights

Sophie riding a black horse smiling down at team coach Michel who is leading the horse at the Rio Paralympic Games

8x Paralympic Gold Medallist

Sophie competed at 4 successive Paralympic Games, starting in Athens 2004 at the age of just 16, winning bronze. Inspired by the Paralympic movement, she went on to bring home 8 gold medals and 1 silver medal from Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year finalist

Out of 16 sporting household names from 2016, Sophie was voted in fifth place, as the highest female athlete.

Sophie at her office in London working on a computer.

Woman in Tech

After achieving a first class masters degree in mathematics, Sophie now works as a software developer at an investment bank in London.

Disability Rights Advocate

Sophie uses her platform as a Paralympic gold medallist to highlight the barriers that disabled people face in society.

Sophie in her wheelchair, smiling and holding her medal as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

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Paralympic gold medals from Beijing, Rio and London

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FEI World Championship gold medals

SOPHIE'S CAMPAIGNS

CBE medal

SOPHIE'S GOLD CLUB

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