Cian O’Connor

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Irish take 2019 Nations Cup title and Tokyo ticket in Barcelona

Defending champions from Belgium have to settle for second, Sweden finish third The Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final 2019 came to thrilling climax today, and it was Irish eyes that were smiling when Rodrigo Pessoa’s team of Peter Moloney, Paul O’Shea, Darragh Kenny and Cian O’Connor clinched victory in fine style. Completing with just […]
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2013 Dubai Showjumping Championship

Some of the world’s top show jumpers are set to vie for a share of a Dh600,000 prize (nearly $165,000 CAD) at Emirates Equestrian Centre, when the three-day Dubai Showjumping Championship (DSJC) gets underway on January 31, 2013. The CSI3*-W event, the show jumping highlight of the Dubai equestrian scene, is a renowned international show […]
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Irish Make it a Double in Dublin as Germany Claims the 2012 Title

The Irish recorded a back-to-back double when winning the last leg of the FEI Nations’ Cup™ 2012 on home turf in Dublin, Ireland today. The result rocketed them up the leaderboard to third place behind France in the final standings, but, despite a disappointing day when finishing an uncharacteristic last, it was Germany that claimed […]
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New Olympic Medallists at FEI Nations’ Cup™ 2012 Series Finale

With the roars of the crowd at Greenwich Park still ringing in their ears, five medallists from the London 2012 Olympic Games will be in action as the last leg of the FEI Nations’ Cup™ 2012 gets underway at the Royal Dublin Society showgrounds in Dublin (IRL) next Friday afternoon. And it promises to be […]
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Olympic Jumping: Individual Final

Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat claimed individual jumping gold at the London 2012 Olympic venue at Greenwich Park today when he was the only rider in the final competition to maintain a completely clean sheet in the two rounds. And in a thrilling two-way third-round jump off, The Netherlands’ Gerco Schroder pipped Ireland’s Cian O’Connor for silver. […]