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| Stella Barton | |
| Birth Date: | 30 May 1999 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Sport: | Para-equestrian |
Stella Barton (born 30 May 1999) is an Australian para-equestrian. She has been selected to represented Australia at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]
Barton was born on 30 May 1999.[2] She was born with cerebral palsy that affets her four limbs.[3] When out in the community she uses a wheelchair. She attended Shelford Girls' Grammar and has completed an arts degree at Swinburne University of Technology.[4]
Barton's great, great, great uncle was Edmund Barton, Australia's first prime minister.[5]
She started riding at the age of seven at the police stables in South Melbourne, where a Riding for the Disabled Association Centre is based. She competes as an Australian Grade 1 Para Dressage rider.[6] In 2023, three-time Paralympian Sharon Jarvis offered her own horse, Lord Larmarque, aka ‘Bug’, for training and competitions.[7] Her sporting highlight was competing at 2023 Hartpury Festival of Dressage in England.
In 2024, she is a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship athlete.