Carola SEMPERBONI
Carola SEMPERBONI, Italian Para Dressage athlete.
| Name | Carola SEMPERBONI |
| FEI ID | 10187059 |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 20/05/2003 |
| Competing for | Italy - ITA |
| Registration | Para Dressage 2025 |
| Last update | 16/08/2024 |
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| Sport Specific Information | |
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| When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up Para dressage in 2016. |
| Why this sport? | She became interested in horses after watching the animated film 'Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'. She was later inspired to take up the sport after watching a video by Italian Para dressage rider Sara Morganti. "I became passionate [about the sport] and asked my coach if I could try it." |
| Club / Team | La Nuova Cerrina Scuola di Equitazione: Rivalta di Torino, ITA |
| Name of coach | Francesca Cavaglia [club]; Davide Cofanelli [club]; Laura Conz [personal], ITA |
| Training Regime | She trains four times a week at La Nuova Cerrina riding school in Rivalta di Torino, Italy. |
| International Debut | |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Competing for | Italy |
| Tournament | FEI European Championship |
| Location | Rotterdam, NED |
| Impairment Information | |
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| Type of Impairment | Diplegic cerebral palsy |
| Origin of Impairment | Congenital |
| Classification | GRADE I |
| General Interest | |
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| Hobbies | Spending time with friends, studying, skiing. (fise.it, 10 Jun 2019) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Making her international debut at 16 in the 2019 FEI European Championship. (youtube, 17 Aug 2021) |
| Hero / Idol | Italian Para equestrian Sara Morganti. (fise.it, 10 Jun 2019) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "The most important thing is having the will to do what you do. Never quit." (SportorinoTV Sportorino YouTube channel, 05 Jul 2019) |
| Other information | OTHER ACTIVITIES She has served as an ambassador of the 'Insieme Oltre ai Limiti' [Together Beyond Limits] campaign. The scheme, which is organised by the Piedmont office of the Italian Equestrian Federation [FISE], aims to promote Para dressage. "Since I practise Para dressage, I understood that this sport was a life chance. Thanks to sport I am more confident. You don't know how you will be born, and because of that many people do not have goals and objectives. For me Para dressage is my objective." (SportorinoTV Sportorino YouTube channel, 05 Jul 2019; torinodonna.it, 13 Feb 2019) |
| General highlights | She was selected by Italy to appear at the 2020 and 2024 Paralympics. |
| Milestones | She had only recently turned 16 years old when she appeared at the 2019 FEI European Championship in Rotterdam (NED). |
| Further Personal Information | |
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| Residence | Turin, ITA |
| Occupation | Athlete, student |
| Languages | English, Italian |
| Higher education | Studying Psychology at University (began 2023) |
