Sharon Jarvis

Sharon Jarvis (born 31 October 1978) is an Australian para-equestrian. She represented Australia at the three Summer Paralympics - 2008 Beijing, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo .

Personal Jarvis was born on 31 October 1978. At the age of seven, she was diagnosed with bone cancer (Ewing sarcoma) in her left femur and given an only 20 per cent chance of surviving. She survived the cancer through twelve months of chemotherapy and radiation therapy but a year later broke the same leg affected by cancer. Jarvis won bronze medals in the individual test and freestyle test events at the 2010 World Equestrian Games at Lexington, Kentucky. She finished ninth in the Individual Championship Test Grade III and 15th in the Dressage Individual Team Test Grade III and was a member of the Australian team that finished ninth in the Team Competition.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Jarvis rode 18-year-old gelding Romanos and finished 10th in the Individual championship test grade III. She was a member of the Australian team competition with Emma Booth and Amelia White that finished thirteenth.

Jarvis has stated that Tokyo 2020 will be her final Paralympics.

Recognition 2010 – Equimac Rider of the Year (Australia)