Edmond Gibney represented Ireland in the individual eventing at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, riding Kings Highway and finishing 62nd overall with 152.6 penalty points.

His equestrian journey is one of the most unusual in Irish Olympic history – he initially based himself in America, where he was associated with the US equestrian team at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, before returning to Europe to pursue his own international eventing career under the Irish flag.

From Kilskyre, near Kells, Co. Meath, he built a partnership with Kings Highway across some of eventing’s most demanding competitions – completing the CCI*** at Punchestown and Boekelo in 2001 and finishing 9th at Blenheim in 2002. At the Badminton CCI**** in 2003 the pair won the Glentrool Trophy for the best cross-country round and finished 19th overall – a performance that contributed to his Olympic selection.

He was based in the south of England during his international career. In March 2007 he was involved in a serious car accident that left him in an intensive care unit for over a month, yet he returned to riding within a year. His brother Thomas Gibney is a successful racehorse trainer whose horse Lion Na Bearnai won the 2012 Irish Grand National.