Austin O'Connor has competed in eventing at four Olympic Games across a career spanning almost a quarter of a century, placing 17th at Sydney 2000, 21st individually and eighth with the team at Beijing 2008, 13th at Tokyo 2020 and 17th at Paris 2024.
At Paris 2024 he rode Colorado Blue as part of the Irish team that finished eighth.
O'Connor grew up near Mallow in north Cork in a family that produced and traded sport horses, and was hunting on ponies from an early age. He won gold with Ireland's Young Rider team at the 1995 World Championships. He has been based at Attington Sport Horses in Oxfordshire since 1994, building an operation known for producing international horses.
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