Jonty Evans
_riding_round_Badminton.jpg) Jonty Evans at Badminton Horse Trials (2011) | |
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October 4, 1971 Burton-on-Trent, England |
Jonty Evans (born 4 October 1971) is an Irish eventing rider.[1]
Personal life
Evans grew up near Trefriw, Llanrwst, Gwynedd [District of Aberconwy] in north Wales]. He is married with two children, and lives near Cheltenham in the Cotswolds, where he has a yard.
Eventing career
Evans has been competing internationally in eventing for more than twenty years. Although brought up in Wales, Evans represents Ireland, thanks to his grandfather having been born in the north of Ireland, allowing him to hold an Irish passport.
Evans competed at the 2005 European Eventing Championships where he was placed 7th in team eventing and 40th in individual eventing competition. In 2015, he helped lead the Irish team to the nation's first ever Irish FEI Eventing Nations' Cup victory in the Boekelo Nations' Cup.[2]
Evans was selected to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with his Irish Sport Horse Cooley Rorkes Drift.[3] This was Evans first time to make the Olympic team. The Irish team finished eighth in the three-day eventing competition, but Evans qualified for the individual eventing final. He finished ninth in the individual eventing competition.
References
- ↑ "Jonty Evans". fei.org. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ↑ "Ireland has historic win in Boekelo Nations' Cup". Horse Sport Ireland. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "Horse Sport Ireland announce Eventing Team for Rio Olympics". Horse Sport Ireland. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.