Beatrice

de Lavalette

Quick Facts

• De Lavalette is the most critically injured survivor of the Brussels Airport terrorist bombing on March 22, 2016
• She was 17 years old at the time of the attack
• A rider from the age of three, Beatrice has never given up
• Five months after suffering massive internal injuries, second and third degree burns, a spinal cord injury, and the amputation of both lower legs, she was back on her beloved mare, Delegada X
• Her courage and grit helped her return to school in September 2016, compete in her first para-equestrian show in April 2017, and graduate on time with her class in June 2017
• Shares her incredible story as a motivational speaker
• In January 2019, she was a featured speaker at the Equestrian Businesswomen Summit in West Palm Beach, Fla
• She is a student at the University of San Diego and trains with Shayna Simon Dressage at Shannon and Steffen Peters’ Arroyo Del Mar
• Wants to start a company that makes affordable adaptive sports equipment.

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Paralympic Experience

• 1-time Paralympian;
• Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 5th (Individual Championship Test - Grade II - Open), 6th (Individual Freestyle - Grade II - Open)