HORSE SPORT Ireland Takes Gold Medal at World University Equestrian Championships in Korea

02 Nov 2010


The Irish Trio of Sara Glynn (Dublin IT), Ben Crawford (Queen’s University, Belfast) & Nicola Fitzgibbon (Trinity College Dublin) emerged victorious after three days of competition at the World University Equestrian Championships in Sangju, Korea.


Sara Glynn, 22, stole the show reaching the individual final in both the dressage event and overall and finishing with two silver individual medals to go with the team honours. Ben Crawford, 23, who is studying engineering in Belfast, had been the reigning World University Champion, but his 8th place finish in the showjumping and 12th place in the dressage saw him secure 4th place overall.  Nicola Fitzgibbon, 23, was the final member of the squad and she finished in 7th place overall having achieved a 10th place in showjumping and 17th place in dressage.


Irish Team Manager, Natalie Quinlivan was delighted with the performance. “We were so close two years ago, and although Ben had won the individual medal, we were disappointed not to have collected more.


“We came back this year more prepared, the riders put the effort in over the last few months, and it really showed throughout the entire tournament. Three riders in the top ten in showjumping, and a medal in the dressage really set up a fantastic result. It was the consistency across the entire delegation which resulted in this achievement.


“Thanks must go to CUSAI, Horse Sport Ireland and IURCA as well as the riders and their own universities who helped to fund the event. It’s fantastic to be bringing home 4 medals (2 Team, 2 Individual) to Ireland.”

 

 

Official Results


Team Combined (Overall)

  1. Ireland
  2. Belgium
  3. Germany


Team Showjumping

  1. Korea Republic
  2. Ireland
  3. France


Team Dressage

  • (1st) Belgium
  • (2nd) Great Britain
  • (3rd) Germany
  • (5th) Ireland


Individual Combined (Overall)

  1. (1st) Leen Geysen - Belgium
  2. (2nd) Sara Glynn - Ireland / Dublin IT
  3. (3rd) Saito Koki - Japan
  4. (4th) Ben Crawford - Ireland / Queen’s University Belfast
  5. (7th) Nicola Fitzgibbon - Ireland / Trinity College Dublin


Individual Showjumping

  • (1st) Bo-Seon Kim - Korea Republic
  • (2nd) Shunsuke Terui - Japan
  • (3rd) Corina Sorg - Switzerland
  • (8th) Ben Crawford - Ireland / Queen’s University Belfast
  • (9th) Sara Glynn - Ireland / Dublin IT
  • (10th) Nicola Fitzgibbon- Ireland / Trinity College Dublin

 

Individual Dressage

  • (1st) Rebecca Woolven - Great Britain
  • (2nd) Sara Glynn - Ireland / Dublin IT
  • (3rd) Nicolette Schipper - The Netherlands
  • (12th) Ben Crawford - Ireland / Queen’s University Belfast
  • (17th) Nicola Fitzgibbon - Ireland / Trinity College Dublin

 

Irish Delegation

  • Athletes: Ben Crawford, Nicola Fitzgibbon, Sara Glynn
  • Reserve: Suzie Cave
  • Team Manager: Natalie Quinlivan
  • Team Trainer: Sue Shortt