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Anna POWER

Anna POWER, British Jumping athlete.
Name Anna POWER
FEI ID 10006730
Gender Female
Date of Birth 10/04/1984
Competing for Great Britain - GBR
Registration Jumping 2024
Last update 24/02/2023
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Jumping 70x70
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? She began riding at age three, and started competing at age seven. "My first pony was a shared pony with my sister. The pony was called Blackie."
Why this sport? She and her horse Doms Choice began entering both eventing and jumping competitions until it became clear that the horse was more suited to jumping. "I loved the fairness. If you had a jump down you didn't win. If you were the fastest, you did, and it didn't matter what you looked like."
Further Personal Information
Family Husband Matthew
Other names Anna Edwards
Residence Bristol, ENG
Occupation Athlete, Coach, Horse Trainer
Languages English
General Interest
Hero / Idol British rider Di Lampard. (all-horse.co.uk, 19 Mar 2014)
Sporting philosophy / motto "Pushing outside of your comfort zone is important to both horse and rider progression. I'd rather be the small fish in the big pond with the potential to grow." (myhorsebox.com, 01 Dec 2016)
Other information ILLNESSES She has Addison's disease, which is also known as primary adrenal insufficiency or hypocortisolism, and in 2021 she was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia. The condition causes severe facial pain and it affected her significantly for several weeks before she found medication to control the symptoms. "I can't begin to explain the pain and also how debilitating it was becoming. It came from nowhere and suddenly I was having up to eight attacks a day of which three were at night. The attacks were so intense that I didn't even know what to do with myself. The intensity of the pain was both physically and mentally incapacitating." (Facebook profile, 14 Aug 2021; Instagram profile, 13 Sep 2020)