Manon Claeys

Manon Claeys
Medal record
Para-equestrian
Representing  Belgium
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Championship IV
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Freestyle IV
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gothenburg Championship IV

Manon Clayes (born January 3, 1986 in Maldegem) is a Paralympic equestrian of Belgium.[1] She broke her neck and three vertebrae in her back in a horse-riding accident on Friday the 13th, April 2007.[2] As a result of the accident, she sustained nerve damage on her right side and has only 30% power on that side of her body.[3] She participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in both the Championship IV[4] and Freestyle IV[5] dressage competitions.

  1. ^ "Equestrian - CLAEYS Manon". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  2. ^ "Wilskracht onbeperkt". De Standaard (in Dutch). 21 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Manon Claeys (10134275)". FEI.org.
  4. ^ "Equestrian - Grade IV Results". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  5. ^ "Equestrian - Grade IV Results". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.