Showjumping great Kürten takes reins as Ireland manager

Legendary rider is excited to work with the team ahead of the World Championships and LA28 Olympics

Jessica Kurten, the new Horse Sport Ireland High Performance Jumping Manager, pictured at the Aloft London Excel in London, England. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile 

Former showjumping great Jessica Kürten has been appointed Horse Sport Ireland's new High Performance Jumping Manager, succeeding Michael Blake.

A former world number two in the FEI rankings, Kürten enjoyed a glittering competitive career at the very highest level of the sport. A dual Olympian, she represented Ireland at Atlanta in 1996 and at Athens in 2004 and was a key member of Ireland’s historic European Championship gold-medal winning team in 2001.