Cian O'Connor

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Cian O'Connor
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Discipline Show jumping
Born (1979-11-12) 12 November 1979 (age 45)
Dublin, Ireland
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight163 lb (74 kg; 11 st 9 lb)
Website
https://www.cianoconnor.com
Medal record
Summer Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg London 2012 Individual jumping
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Gothenburg Team jumping
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Gothenburg Individual jumping

Cian O'Connor (born 12 November 1979) is an Irish equestrian competing in show jumping. He has competed at four Olympic Games, four World Championships and six European Championships.

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O'Connor was stripped of the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics when his horse was found to have a banned substance in its system. O'Connor returned to the Olympics in 2012, receiving the bronze medal in the individual showjumping event. At the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics, O'Connor withdrew his mount Kilkenny after the horse suffered a nosebleed during their round. [1]

Cian was a member of the Irish Teams that won the Aga Khan Trophy at the Dublin Horse show in 2004, 2012, 2015 and 2022. [2]

O’Connor was also a member of the winning Irish team at the European Show Jumping Championships in 2017, where he placed third in the individual competition. [3]

As part of the Irish World Championships team in Herning 2022, O'Connor qualified for the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.[ citation needed ]

Major results

YearPlaceHorseEventRatingShowLocation
20084thRancorradoGrand PrixCSIO5*Real Club De Polo BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain [4]
20081stRancorradoGrand PrixCSI4*Chateau De Chantilly Chantilly, France [4]
20091stRancorradoGrand PrixCSI5* WCOlympia London Horse ShowLondon, United Kingdom [4]
20092ndRancorradoWorld CupCSI5* WCOlympia London Horse ShowLondon, United Kingdom [4]
20093rdRancorradoSenior Nations CupCSIO5*All English Show Grounds Hickstead Hickstead, United Kingdom [4]
20093rdRancorradoWorld CupCSI5* WCPartner Pferd Leipzig Leipzig, Germany [4]
20102ndK Club LadySenior Nations CupCSIO5*RDS ArenaDublin, Ireland [4]
20102ndK Club LadyGrand PrixCSIO5*CSIO St Gallen St Gallen, Switzerland [4]
20103rdK Club LadySenior Nations CupCSIO5*Piazza Di SiennaRome, Italy [4]
20101stRancorradoGrand PrixCSI4*Longines CHI Classics Basel Basel, Switzerland [4]
20111stLarkhill CruiserSenior Nations CupCSIO5*La Baule Horse Show La Baule, France [4]
20112ndLarkhill CruiserWorld CupCSIO4* WCAl Ain Equestrian Centre Abu Dhabi, UAE [4]
20121stBlue Lloyd 12Senior Nations CupCSIO5*RDS ArenaDublin, Ireland [4]
20123rdBlue Lloyd 12Grand PrixCSIO5*RDS ArenaDublin, Ireland [4]
2012Bronze MedalBlue Lloyd 12Olympic Games London Individual FinalOlympic GamesSummer Olympic Games London London, United Kingdom [4]
20122ndBlue Lloyd 12Senior Nations CupCSIO4*Hubside Jumping Valence Valence, France [4]
20131stBlue Lloyd 12Grand PrixCSIO5*RDS ArenaDublin, Ireland [4]
20133rdBlue Lloyd 12Senior Nations CupCSIO5*RDS ArenaDublin, Ireland [4]
20163rdGood LuckWorld CupCSI5* WCStuttgart German Masters Stuttgart, Germany [4]
20165thGood LuckGrand PrixCSIO5*Los Angeles Horse Show Los Angeles, USA [4]
20164thGood LuckGrand PrixCSIO5*RDS ArenaDublin, Ireland [4]
20161stGood LuckSenior Nations CupCSIO5*RDS ArenaDublin, Ireland [4]
2017Bronze MedalGood LuckEuropean Championship Individual FinalEUCHGothenburg Horse ShowGothenburg, Sweden [4]
2017Gold MedalGood LuckEuropean Championship Team FinalEUCH Gothenburg Horse Show Gothenburg, Sweden [4]
20171stGood LuckGrand PrixCSIO5*Hipodrom Sopot Sopot, Poland [4]
2018Bronze MedalGood LuckWorld Equestrian Championships Team FinalCSI5*Tryon Equestrian Centre Tryon, USA [4]
20193rdPSG FinalGlobal Champions League FinalCSI5* O2 Arena PraguePlayoffs Prague, Czech Republic [4]
20191stPSG FinalGrand PrixCSI4*X-Bionic Sphere Samorin, Slovakia [4]
20191stPSG FinalSenior Nations Cup FinalCSIO5* Real Club De Polo Barcelona, Spain [4]
20192ndPSG FinalSenior Nations CupCSIO5* Piazza Di Sienna Rome, Italy [4]
20217thKilkennyOlympic Games Tokyo Individual FinalOlympic GamesSummer Olympic Games Tokyo Tokyo, Japan [4]
20214thKilkennyGrand PrixCSI4*Tops International Arena Valkenswaard, The Netherlands [4]
20213rdKilkennyGrand PrixCSI5* Wellington Equestrian Festival Wellington, USA [4]
20221stTaj MahalGrand PrixCSI3*Knokke Hippique Knokke, Belgium [4]
20224thC Vier 2World Equestrian Championships Team FinalCSIO5*Herning Rideklub Herning, Denmark [4]
20221stKilkennySenior Nations CupCSIO5* RDS Arena Dublin, Ireland [4]
20221stKilkennyGrand PrixCSI3*Sunshine Tour Montenmedio Vejer de la Frontera, Spain

2004 Summer Olympics

Riding Waterford Crystal, O'Connor placed first in the individual jumping competition, earning Ireland's only gold medal. However, on 8 October 2004, it emerged that Waterford Crystal had tested positive for a prohibited substance. [5] The Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) ruled that O'Connor must be stripped of his medal and he also received a three-month ban from competition. [6] [7] FEI found that he did not deliberately attempt to affect the performance of the horse.[ citation needed ] The individual showjumping gold medal went to Brazilian Rodrigo Pessoa and the Irish team's seventh place was inherited by the Italians. [8]

2012 Summer Olympics

O'Connor won the bronze medal in London with his horse Blue Loyd 12 in individual jumping. He lost to Gerco Schröder of the Netherlands in a Silver medal jump-off. [9]

2020 Summer Olympics

O'Connor rode to seventh place with Kilkenny at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (celebrated in 2021), [10] but withdrew after his horse suffered a nosebleed during their round. Blood became visible from the horse's nostrils three-quarters into their jumping round, and due to the horse's grey colouring, it was visible to spectators on the event's live stream. The appearance of blood from the nostrils was not in violation of the FEI's blood rule, however, out of an abundance of caution, O'Connor withdrew from the remaining team competition. [1]

Horses

References

  1. 1 2 "Kilkenny Suffers Nosebleed During Olympic Individual Final – The Chronicle of the Horse" . Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Aga Khan Trophy Winners" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "European Bronze Medal". 28 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 "Cian O'Connor FEI results".
  5. ↑ "O'Connor banned and loses gold medal". 27 March 2005.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ "Sporting Controversies: The remarkable rise and fall of Cian O'Connor's golden dream". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Three-month ban as O'Connor loses gold". Irish Independent. 27 March 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Cian O'Connor Athens 2020 Olympics". The Irish Times.
  9. ↑ Live Olympics coverage, NBC.
  10. ↑ "The Irish Field, Olympic Games". The Irish Times.
  11. ↑ "Taj Mahal".
  12. ↑ "C Vier 2".
  13. ↑ "Good Luck".
  14. ↑ "Blue Lloyd 12".
  15. ↑ "Splendor".
  16. ↑ "K Club Lady".
  17. ↑ "Arabella".
  18. 1 2 3 "Equestrian Performance".
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