Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Cathal Daniels (Equestrian)

Daniels is ranked 16th in the world going into the Games

Cathal Daniels   at Greenogue Equestrian Centre in Dublin. Photograph: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
Cathal Daniels at Greenogue Equestrian Centre in Dublin. Photograph: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Age: 24

Sport: Eventing

Olympic Horse: Rioghan Rua

Ireland's highest-ranking eventing rider in the FEI world standings, at 16th position with 368 points, Daniels is also the youngest Irish rider in the top 100 and is the only rider under 25 years of age in the top 20 riders. Winner of a European individual bronze in 2019, another standout performance was winning the team silver medal for Ireland at the 2018 Tryon World Equestrian Games, where he and his career-long partner Rioghan Rua finished in individual 26th and helped the Irish team to beat Germany to second place by one fence in the show jumping round, beaten only by Team GB.

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan is an Irish Times sports journalist writing on athletics