Background
Hanna was born on 1 December 1954 in Melbourne, Australia.
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Career
She represented Australia at four Olympic Games in the equestrian discipline of dressage. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree. Her husband is Rob Hanna, Australia chef d"equipe.
Hanna is an equestrian dressage competitor.
She has been coached by Kyra Kyrklund and Clemens Dierks since 1996. Her primary training base is in Geelong, Australia.
Hanna competed at the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics. In 1996, she finished twenty-fourth in the individual event.
In 2000, she finished thirty-fourth in the individual event and sixth in the team event.
In 2004, she finished thirty-ninth in the individual event. In 2012, she finished forty-third in the individual event and ninth in the team event. She was the last Australian competitor to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
She was the oldest Australian equestrian competitor at the Games.
She rode Sancette. Her 2012 selection was subject to scrutiny following allegations by Hayley Beresford, Australia"s top ranked female dressage competitor, that there was bias by Australia in the team selection process which Beresford charactertised as "blatant bias and double standards."
Hanna finished 3rd at the 2011 CDI3 Grand Prix held in Biarritz, France. She finished 7th at the 2012 CDI3 Grand Prix held in Compiegne, France.
She finished 12th at the 2012 CDI4 Grand Prix held in Hamburg, Germany. She finished 19th at the 2012 CDI3 Grand Prix held in Mannheim, Germany.
She finished 7th at the 2012 CDI3 Grand Prix held in Viduaban, France.
She has qualified for the 2014 FEI World Cup Dressage Final in Lyon, France where she finished 15th. At the 2014 World Games held in Normandy, Hanna finished 10th in team dressage and 29th in individual dressage.
Membership
She is a member of Dressage Geelong and has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport.
