Billy Twomey

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Billy Twomey, 2018
Billy Twomey with Je t'Aime Flamenco , CSI 5 * Hamburg

Billy Twomey (born April 14, 1977 in Cork ) is an Irish show jumper.

At the beginning of 2012 he was one of the 20 best show jumpers in the world in the FEI rankings , making him the second most successful show jumper in Ireland.

Career

Billy Twomey grew up in Cork in the south of Ireland and learned to ride at an early age. In Ireland he won several show jumping titles as a youth. He later moved to the Netherlands, where he was trained by Albert Voorn . He subsequently moved to Great Britain, where he was trained by Michael Whitaker . Today he lives on the property of his sponsors, Sue and Eddie Davies, in Pewit Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire .

As a young rider he took part in the European Championships in his age group in 1997 and 1998. Twomey has been part of Irish Nations Cup teams for years, and in 2000 he was part of the shortlist for the Summer Olympics . In 2003 he took part in the European Championships in Donaueschingen with Luidam , followed in 2006 with Luidam in the World Equestrian Games in Aachen .

In April 2008 he lost his horse Pikap in a fall during a tournament in Grobbendonk . The stallion broke his leg and buried his rider under himself. As a result of the accident, the mold had to be put down. Twomey, who was unconscious for nearly three quarters of an hour after the fall, was admitted to hospital with a broken leg, broken ribs and head injuries and was given a six-month hiatus.

In 2010 he took part in the World Equestrian Games for the second time and achieved eleventh place in Lexington, his best individual placement at an international championship. With Tinka's Serenade he participated in the 2011 European Championships in Madrid .

Among his greatest successes include single addition to the victories in the CSI / CSIO 5 * -large prices of St. Gallen (2009) , Basel (2011) and Zurich (2011) , the victory of the World Top 10 Finals 2011.

In 2011 and 2014 Billy Twomey took part in the World Cup finals. In May 2016 he and Diaghilev became the first Irish rider since 1981 to win the German Jumping Derby .

Private

Twomey is married and has three children.

Horses

Current

  • Diaghilev (* 2003), bay British sport horse gelding, father: Vangelis S, father of mother : Handstreich

Former competition horses

  • Luidam (* 1993), chestnut stallion, father: Guidam, mother's father: Acteur, owner: Billy Twomey and Sue Davies
  • Tinka's Serenade (* 1997), Anglo-European chestnut mare, father: Tinka's Boy, mother's father: African Drum, retired from sport in early 2016
  • Je t'Aime Flamenco (* 2000), brown Belgian warmblood stallion, father: Flamenco de Semilly, mother's father: Landetto, last used in international sport in May 2013, active as a breeding stallion
  • Pikap (* 2000), gray, stallion, father: Kannan, owner: Sue Davies, broke his leg in April 2008 and had to be put down.
  • Blue Thunder (* 2001), brown Belgian warmblood gelding, father: Thunder van de Zuuthoeve, mother's father: Adieu Z, ridden by Line Karlsen Raaholt from 2010

successes

  • European Championships ( Young Riders ):
    • 1997, Moorsele: with Silk III 8th place in the team ranking and 37th place in the individual ranking
    • 1998, Lisbon: 4th place in the team ranking and 12th place in the individual ranking with Hilton III
  • European Championships :
    • 2003, Donaueschingen: with Luidam 5th place in the team ranking and 32nd place in the individual ranking
    • 2011, Madrid : with Tinka's Serenade 9th place in the team ranking and 15th place in the individual ranking
  • World Equestrian Games :
    • 2006, Aachen : with Luidam 6th place in the team ranking and 49th place in the individual ranking
    • 2010, Lexington : with Tinka's Serenade 12th place in the team ranking and 11th place in the individual ranking

Web links

Commons : Billy Twomey  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ current FEI world ranking list show jumping ( memento of the original from February 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / search.fei.org
  2. ↑ Billy Twomey ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.billytwomey.com
  3. ↑ a b c FEI Biographies: Billy Twomey
  4. ↑ a b Career Highlights ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.billytwomey.com
  5. ↑ a b Billy Twomey out of hospital after horrific fall leads to death of Pikap , Horse & Hound , April 28, 2008
  6. ↑ Individual evaluation of the European Show Jumping Championships 2011
  7. ↑ Equestrian portrait: Billy Twomey ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / riderstour.de
  8. ^ Result Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final (2011) held as part of the CSI 5 * Paris-Villepinte
  9. ^ FEI horse database: Diaghilev
  10. ↑ FEI horse database: Tinka's Serenade
  11. ↑ Tinka's Serenade removed from sport , eqwo.net, February 19, 2016
  12. ^ FEI horse database: Je t'Aime Flamenco
  13. ↑ Je t'Aime Flamenco on the Pewit Stud website
  14. ↑ FEI horse database: Blue Thunder
personal data
SURNAME Twomey, Billy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish show jumper
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Cork