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Anne Cecilie ORE

Anne Cecilie ORE, Norwegian Dressage, Para Dressage athlete.

Name Anne Cecilie ORE
FEI ID 10036498
Gender Female
Date of Birth 11/10/1978
Competing for Norway - NOR
Registrations Para Dressage 2016
Dressage 2008
Last update 25/09/2020
FEI Database

Para Dressage 70x70 Dressage 70x70
General Interest
Nicknames AC (Athlete, 25 Aug 2012)
Most influential person in career Norwegian rider and coach Lillian Grepne. (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012)
Hero / Idol German trainer Heiner Schiergen. (rytter.no, 26 Aug 2014)
Sporting philosophy / motto "Disability is not an obstacle but a challenge." (rytter.no, 26 Aug 2014)
Awards and honours In 2000 she received the Norwegian King's Cup, an annual award for the best Norwegian athletes. (ac-ore.com, 01 Jan 2001)
Impairment She was born with glaucoma, which left her with no vision at age 14. She sustained intense pain in her eyes between 2000-2003, and in early 2016 she underwent two eye operations. (Athlete, 23 Apr 2012; ac-ore.com, 05 Oct 2014; hestesport.no, 30 May 2016)
Other information OTHER STUDIES She has a master's in manual therapy. (rytter.no, 26 Aug 2014)
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? She began riding at age 10 at a riding school in Norway.
Why this sport? She was allergic to horses, so she wanted to take up the sport as a challenge.
International Debut
Year 1994
Competing for Norway
Location Hartpury, ENG
Impairment Information
Type of Impairment Vision impairment
Origin of Impairment Congenital
Classification GRADE IV
Further Personal Information
Languages English, German, Norwegian
Higher education Physiotherapy - University of Oslo: Norway