Anne Dunham

Anne Patricia Dunham (24 September 1948 – 11 May 2025) was a British Para-equestrian who competed in the Paralympic Games.

Early life and disability Whilst at school Dunham worked at a local stable in her spare time and, by the age of 16, she was running a yard of 80 horses at weekends. She said that she "always wanted to compete" but whilst she was able to ride the horses in the stables their owners competed with them. Dunham was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 27 and used a wheelchair from the age of 30. At the age of forty, when her husband sold his business, she bought a horse and began to compete. and gold in the open team event. In the individual mixed dressage grade II she finished just outside the medals in fourth position. Competing in the grade I freestyle and championship individual events she finished fifth and sixth respectively with fellow Briton Pearson winning gold in both. In the team open Dunham, with teammates Lee Pearson, Sophie Christiansen and Simon Laurens won the gold medal. This meant that Dunham won a gold medal in this event at four consecutive Games. She later lived in Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, and died on 11 May 2025, at the age of 76.

Honours In the 2009 New Year Honours, Dunham was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to disabled sport. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to para-equestrianism.