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9 August 2016; Michael Jung of Germany, on Sam FBW, celebrates winning the the Eventing Individual Jumping Final at the Olympic Equestrian Centre, Deodoro, during the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Gold Individual and Silver team Medalist, Michael Jung of Germany Pic Arnd Bronkhorst
4 – personal best dressage scores at four-star level scored by the Irish team of Padraig McCarthy, Clare Abbott, Jonty Evans and Mark Kyle
3 –Olympic individual gold medal horses sired by Irish export Stan The Man: Shear L’Eau (Athens) and La Biosthetique Sam FBW (London and Rio de Janeiro).
3 – number of riders who have won back-to-back individual gold titles: Michael Jung, Mark Todd and Charles Pahud de Mortanges, all on the same horse (La Biosthetique Sam FBW, Charisma and Marcroix)
2 – Irish-breds, Paulank Brockagh and Cooley Rorkes Drift, among the five double show jumping clears at Rio
2 –times Michael Jung has finished on his Olympic dressage score. From two Olympic appearances. He is the only rider to have ever done so.
Irish event rider Jonty Evans raised funds for the UK-wide brain injury support charity Headway
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