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The Irish Sport Horse or Irish Hunter has been successful in show jumping. Some have won medals or been placed at events including the Olympic Games, the Show Jumping World Championships, the European Show Jumping Championships, the Show Jumping World Cup and the Pan-American Games.
Achievement Rider Horse Sire Dam Dam's sire 1960 Olympic Individual Silver Piero D'Inzeo, Italy The Rock Water Serpent (xx) (ISH) 1960 World Champion Raimondo D'Inzeo, Italy Gowran Girl Water Serpent (xx) (ISH) 1964 Olympic Individual Bronze Graziano Mancinelli, Italy Rockette Water Serpent (xx) (ISH) 1970 World Champion David Broome, United Kingdom Beethoven (xx) (ID) 1972 Olympic Individual Gold Graziano Mancinelli Ambassador Nordlys (xx) (Co. Waterford ID) (ID) 1976 Olympic Team Silver Sönke Sönksen, West Germany Kwepe Nordlys (xx) (xx) (xx) 1978 World Individual Silver Eddie Macken, Ireland Boomerang Battleburn (xx) Girl from the Brown Mountain (ID) 1982 World Team Bronze David Broome, United Kingdom Mr Ross Carnival Night(xx) Castleisland Comefast (RID) Sang Froid (RID) 1982 World Individual Silver Malcolm Pyrah, United Kingdom Towerlands Anglezarke Jaycee (xx) (Co. Cork ID) 1984 Olympic Team Silver John Whitaker, United Kingdom Ryans Son Ozymandias (xx) (Conn/Cyld) 1984 Olympic Individual Bronze Heidi Robbiani, Switzerland Jessica V Candelabra (xx) Gentle Miss (ISH) 1988 Olympic Team Silver Joseph Fargis, United States Mill Pearl King of Diamonds (RID) Carran (xx) Anthony (xx) 1992 Olympic Individual Bronze Norman Dello Joio, United States Irish Regular Guy (xx) Loughahoe Star (xx) Sandyman Star (xx) 1996 Olympic Team Bronze Rodrigo Pessoa, Brazil Loro Piana TomBoy Coevers (xx) Francis (ISH) Jab (xx) 1999 World Cup Final 2nd Trevor Coyle, Ireland Cruising Seacrest (RID) Mullacrew (ISH) Nordlys (xx) 2001 European Team Champions Kevin Babington, Ireland Carling King Clover Hill (RID) Gortnageer Star (ISH) Chair Lift (xx) 2001 European Team Champions Dermott Lennon, Ireland Liscalgot Touchdown (ISH) Tulas Pride (ISH) Tula Rocket (xx) 2002 World Champion Dermott Lennon Liscalgot Touchdown (ISH) Tulas Pride (ISH) Tula Rocket (xx) 2004 Olympics eq. 4th Robert Smith, United Kingdom Mr. Springfield Western Promise (ISH) Glebe Bess (RID) Ballinahow Boy (RID) 2004 Olympics eq. 4th Kevin Babington, Ireland Carling King Clover Hill (RID) Gortnageer Star (ISH) Chair Lift (xx) 2007 World Cup Final 2nd Rich Fellers, United States Flexible Cruising (ISH) Flex (ISH) Safari (xx) 2012 World Cup Final Champion Rich Fellers Flexible Cruising (ISH) Flex (ISH) Safari (xx)