SWEETNAM Shane

Date of Birth: 19 Jan 1981

Age: 40

Gender: Male

Place of birth: CORK

Birth Country:

Ireland

Place of residence : WELLINGTON, FL

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Equestrian	Jumping Team IRL Ireland
	Jumping Individual

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Equestrian Park	Jumping Team Qualifier	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Equestrian Games

Year	Location	Jumping Individual	Jumping Team
2018	Tryon, NC, USA	43	7

European Championships

Year	Location	Jumping Individual	Jumping Team
2019	Rotterdam, NED	37	7
2017	Gothenburg, SWE	8	1

World Cup North American League - USA East Coast

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Jumping Individual	2017/2018	Toronto, ON, CAN
4	Jumping Individual	2018/2019	Washington, DC, USA
4	Jumping Individual	2016/2017	Toronto, ON, CAN
6	Jumping Individual	2019/2020	Washington, DC, USA
7	Jumping Individual	2018/2019	North Salem, NY, USA
10	Jumping Individual	2017/2018	North Salem, NY, USA
10	Jumping Individual	2016/2017	North Salem, NY, USA

Legend
NS - Not Started, DSQ - Disqualified, RT - Retired, WD - Withdrawn, EL - Eliminated

Occupation:

Athlete, Business Owner, Coach, Horse Trainer

Information Technology - University of Limerick, Ireland

Wife Ali, son Collin, daughters Olivia and Lucy

Languages spoken:

Sweet Oak Farm [Wellington, FL, USA]

Sporting relatives:

His parents Jerry and Marie Sweetnam have worked as horse trainers. His wife Ali is an equestrian coach, and his children Collin, Olivia and Lucy have competed in pony hunter classes in the United States of America. His first cousin Donnacha Ryan has played rugby union at international level for Ireland. (Instagram profile, 05 Apr 2021; irishexaminer.com, 19 Mar 2021; Facebook page, 05 Dec 2016; westcorkhorsebreeders.com, 17 Jul 2016; sweetoakfarm.com, 09 Feb 2016; sportsnewsireland.com, 21 Jun 2015)

He began riding at age five. (hamptonclassic.com, 01 Jan 2019)

Both his parents were involved in equestrian, and his older brothers and sisters were jumpers. Being the youngest of five children, it was inevitable he would follow them and he began his grand prix career at age 16. (sweetoakfarm.com, 09 Feb 2016; voltaire-design.com, 01 Nov 2011)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (irishexaminer.com, 19 Mar 2021)

His parents. (horsesportireland.ie, 01 Mar 2013)

In 2017, 2019, and 2020 he was presented with the Niall Grimes Perpetual Trophy as the leading Irish rider during the CSIO Nations Cup week at the Winter Equestrian Festival [WEF] in Wellington, FL, United States of America. (echolive.ie, 02 Mar 2020; worldofshowjumping.com, 04 Mar 2019; hamptonclassic.com, 01 Jan 2019; phelpssports.com, 05 Mar 2017)

General Interest

General
STABLES
He moved to the United States of America in 2004 where he initially worked with US jumper Margie Goldstein-Engle, managing her young horses. In 2006 he set up Sweet Oak Farm in Wellington, Florida, where he and his wife Ali coach riders and train and trade horses for jumping. (Facebook page, 08 Apr 2021; irishexaminer.com, 19 Mar 2021; hamptonclassic.com, 01 Jan 2019; hamptonclassic.com, 01 Jul 2017; sweetoakfarm.com, 02 Sep 2016; horsesportireland.ie, 10 Mar 2016)

RIDER LIAISON
In November 2016 he was appointed to the Horse Sport Ireland rider liaison group to represent the interests of Irish jumping riders in North America. (Facebook profile, 17 Nov 2016)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/shane.sweetnam.9
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/sweetoakfarm
https://instagram.com/shanesweetnam/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-sweetnam-34408294
Athlete Website: http://www.sweetoakfarm.com/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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