Natasha Baker

Natasha Baker, born Natasha Louise Baker on 30 December 1989 in Hammersmith, London, is a British para-equestrian who won two gold medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, three at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and one more at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. At the age of 14 months she contracted transverse myelitis, an inflammation in her spine that left her with weakness and no feeling in her legs. She began riding horses because physiotherapists said it would help strengthen her muscles, and in 2011 she made her first appearance at a senior championships, the European Championships in Moorsele, Belgium, where she won gold in both the individual and freestyle grade II events.