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Hazel Shannon is an Australian equestrian, competing in the eventing discipline.

Shannon was born in Mutchilba, Queensland, Australia, a remote mango farming community. She was educated in her early years at the one area school, Mutchilba Primary School[1].

As a daughter of an Australian Stock Horse family, she started riding at a young age. She competed locally in eventing in the Queensland area, eventually relocating to join Ryan’s at Newcastle Equestrian Centre[2] where she is coached by Heath Ryan.

Shannon was selected for the 2017 Oceania Championships Senior Team[3] and for the 2019 Australian Equestrian High Performance Squad[4]. In 2019, the national equestrian sports governing body, Equestrian Australia, has Shannon listed under the Green category (Podium Potential) on their High Performance[5] Squads registry.

Shannon first won the Australian International Three Day Event 4 in 2016[6] on Clifford. Shannon and the by then renamed Willingapark Clifford again won the Australian International Three Day Event[7] in 2018 and in 2019, becoming the first horse/rider combination to win this event three times. Additionally they became only the fifth[8] horse/rider combination in the world to win the same eventing competition three times.

Shannon added a proven second 4* horse for 2019, with Willingapark Cooley SRS[9] joining the Willingapark team with the support of Australian businessman Terry Snow and his wife Ginette[10] owners of Willinga Park[11].

Major Competition Results

[1] https://mutchilbass.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx 2019, retrieved 2019-03-29

[2] http://www.ryanshorses.com.au/ date unknown, retrieved 2019-03-29

[3] https://www.equestrian.org.au/news/mutchilba-melbourne 2017-06-07, retrieved 2019-03-29

[4] https://www.equestrian.org.au/NationalSquads/Recognition/Eventing 2019-01-15, retrieved 2019-03-29

[5] https://www.equestrian.org.au/NationalSquads/HighPerformance   retrieved 2019-11-26

[6] https://www.equestrian.org.au/news/shannon-rides-victory-win-adelaide-cci4-star retrieved 2019-03-29

[7] http://eventingnation.com/hazel-shannon-captures-second-adelaide-cci4-win-in-historic-finish/ 2910-11-06, retrieved 2019-03-29

[8] https://www.equestrian.org.au/news/willinga-park’s-hazel-shannon-makes-history  2019-11-20, retrieved 2019-11-26

[9] https://www.equestrian.org.au/news/willinga-park-and-hazel-shannon-welcome-gold-medal-winner-cooley-srs 2018-12-06, retrieved 2019-03-29

[10] https://www.an-eventful-life.com.au/eventing-news/interviews/hazel-shannon-ride-cooley-srs date unknown, retrieved 2019-03-29

[11] http://willingapark.com.au/horses/ridden/ date unknown, retrieved 2019-03-29

https://www.fei.org/athlete/10075067/SHANNON-Hazel, 2019-10-31, retrieved 2019-11-25