YOUNG RIDER
H
ow old were you when you first rode? Maleah Lang– McMahon’s answer is telling:
“As soon as I could sit up, I think I was
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two, and I started Pony Club when I was four or five. Actually,” she laughs, “the first time I sat on a pony I fell asleep!” Now 16 years old, Maleah lives in Waterford, Queensland. The daughter of Peter McMahon and Michelle Lang-McMahon, both of whom have
Last year, Maleah Lang-McMahon was awarded a Sport Australia Hall of Fame scholarship and was named Australian Jumping National Rider of 2020. That’s impressive, but as AMANDA MAC discovered, that’s not all.
competed at the highest level of the sport, her passion for jumping was never in doubt. “I love the thrill of it,” she tells me. “Every time I come out of the ring it leaves me wanting more, and asking myself how I can keep improving as a rider. It’s a unique sport that I’ll never tire
