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The 1952 individual Dressage podium – gold went to Henri St-Cyr (Sweden), silver to Lis Hartel (Denmark) and bronze to André Jousseaume (France).
Women were first allowed to compete in Dressage in 1952, making Lis Hartel the first woman to medal in the sport. Eight years earlier Lis contracted polio while pregnant and became paralyzed from the knees down. Despite this impairment, Lis won silver medals in both the 1952 and 1956 Olympics.
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