Irish show jumping legend Tommy Wade has passed away at the age of 80. Wade suffered a stroke last week and passed away on Monday morning at the Bons Secours Hospital in Cork.

Wade will be remembered for many notable performances, especially with Dundrum in the early 1960s.

The Tipperary show jumper set a record at the 1963 Dublin Horse Show that is yet to be matched. He won all five international classes and was part of the winning Aga Khan team. Wade also won a number of the top classes at a number of international venues, including King George V Cup at the White City and he claimed the top prize at the Horse of the Year Show.

Wade continued to influence show jumping in Ireland after he finished his riding career. He took over as the Irish show jumping chef d’equipe and led the team to over 30 Nations Cup victories.

Wade was chef d’equipe in 2001 when Ireland won gold at the European Championships and in 2002 at the World Equestrian Games when Dermott Lennon won individual gold.

Wade is the only equestrian sports person in the Irish Sports Hall of Fame, to which he was induced in 2013.

At the Dublin Horse Show last year Wade was presented with a Horse Sport Ireland Hall of Fame Award and received a specially commissioned medal from current Irish chef d’equipe, three-time Brazilian Olympic medallist Rodrigo Pessoa.

Tommy is survived by his wife Felicity, daughter Maria and sons Robert, Alan and Ronan.

He was laid to rest in Ardmayle on Wednesday.