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Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Bertram Allen (Equestrian)

Allen has been representing Ireland since his early teens

Ireland’s Bertram Allen in action during the 2015 Grand Prix Hermes in Paris. Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images
Ireland’s Bertram Allen in action during the 2015 Grand Prix Hermes in Paris. Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images
Ian O'Riordan
Sat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30

Age: 25

Sport: Show Jumping

Olympic Horse: Pacino Amiro

Allen has been representing Ireland internationally since 2008, when he began competing ponies in Belgium. Not long after he travelled to the European Championships in 2001, where he took the individual gold medal and team silver medal. He has competed in a World Cup final, where he took third place, and in a Nations Cup final in Barcelona in 2015, where Ireland finished fifth. At the age of 15, he moved permanently to Hunxe in Germany to develop his jumping skills. At the recent Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, Florida, Allen was one of the youngest of the strong Irish contingent in action throughout the 12-week tournament, but he turned out to be the biggest money-earner, his winnings coming in at $246,775.

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

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