Rachael Sanna (née Downs) (born 17 December 1972 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian

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. She competed at the

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in the individual and the

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dressage events. Riding Aphrodite, she finished in 33rd place in the individual event, while the Australian team of Kristy Oatley-Nist,

Ricky MacMillan Ricky MacMillan, (born 24 September 1961 in Surat, Queensland) is an Australian equestrian, international dressage judge, chair of Equestrian Australia and dentist. She competed at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in the individual and the team dre ...

Mary Hanna Mary Hanna (née Sutherland) (born 1 December 1954) is an Australian equestrian. She has represented Australia at six Olympic Games in the equestrian discipline of dressage (Atlanta 1996 with Mosaic, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 with Limbo, Lond ...

and Sanna finished 6th in the team event. She is married to fellow Australian equestrian George Sanna.

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