Suzanna Hext

Personal life Hext is from Truro, Cornwall. and has also lived near Sherston, Wiltshire. In 2012, she was paralysed in a horse riding accident, and required the use of a wheelchair. She watched the 2012 Summer Paralympics from her hospital bed.

Equestrian career In equestrian, Hext competes in the Grade III classification. She won three gold medals in dressage at the 2017 FEI European Championships, and freestyle events. She competed in the team event alongside Sophie Wells, Erin Orford and Julie Payne, and it was her first European Championship. In 2018, she was part of the British team that won the team event at the .

Swimming career Hext started swimming in 2017, and has trained at Swindon swimming club, and at the Manchester Aquatics Centre. Hext is the British record holder in S5 50 metre and 100 metre freestyle events, and in S4 100 metre backstroke. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she turned her parents' house into a gym,

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Hext had an asthma attack that caused her to be hospitalised. As a result, she was withdrawn from the British team for the mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay 20pts. She came fourth in the finals of the 200 metre freestyle S5 and 100 metre freestyle S5 events.

Hext did not compete at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships after developing sepsis whilst training in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. She was included in the British squad for the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships. She won the 50 metre freestyle S5 event at the World Championships, and finished second in the 100 metre freestyle S5 competition.

Hext was selected for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.