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Former Olympian educates equestrians in partnership with Riders4Helmets FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Chad Mendell chad@riders4helmets.com November 13th (Lexington, KY)- Riders4Helmets, the popular helmet awareness campaign, is delighted to announce that 2008 Olympian and traumatic brain injury survivor Courtney King-Dye has been named the recipient of the 2012 Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Against All Odds Award. ”The FEI [...]
Thank you to Mary Phelps of DressageDaily.com for permission to republish this post. Written by Mary Phelps There is no athlete in the history of equestrian sport who has influenced our world the way Dressage Olympian Courtney King Dye has. In 2010 just before competing in World Equestrian Games qualifier, a simple trip and fall [...]
Symposium Live Stream Attracts Global Audience FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: chad@riders4helmets.com (photos available upon request) Lexington, KY (January 31st, 2012)—The 2008 US Olympian Courtney King Dye opened the 3rd Riders4Helmets Safety Symposium held Saturday January 14th, 2012 at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport Hotel, West Palm Beach, Fla. The Olympian who suffered a traumatic [...]
Olympian Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury In March 2010 Accident FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lexington, KY (December 13th, 2011)—The popular helmet awareness campaign, Riders4Helmets, is pleased to announce that an eBay store to raise funds for 2008 US Olympian Courtney King-Dye’s Medical Fund is now open. The store will operate for one week only and all proceeds [...]
Olympian Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury In March 2010 Accident FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lexington, KY (December 7th, 2011)—The popular helmet awareness campaign, Riders4Helmets, is on a mission to raise money for 2008 US Olympian Courtney King-Dye’s Medical Fund. Riders4Helmets will operate an eBay store for one week commencing December 12th, 2011. King-Dye suffered a traumatic brain [...]
We received an email on October 15th from equestrian Brita Theriot who had suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) two months after US Olympian Courtney King Dye suffered hers (March 2010). Since suffering her TBI, Brita had been trying to keep updated on Courtney’s progress to give herself motivation and strength to survive. I forwarded [...]
An update from US Olympian Courtney King Dye. Visit Courtney’s website to read her regular blog updates since suffering a Traumatic Brain Injury in March 2010. “I’ve decided to try to ride para. At first I didn’t want to do anything that I thought may hinder my progress, and I figured it wouldn’t be long [...]
The following article was originally published on HorsetalkNZ and is republished here with the kind permission of Robin Marshall. The recovery of US dressage Olympian Courtney King-Dye from a serious head injury has been featured in a television show. King-Dye, who suffered a fractured skull when the horse she was riding fell on March 3, [...]
