Sir Anthony Peter McCoy, known as AP McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a Northern Irish National Hunt jockey who rode in Ireland and Britain until his retirement in 2015. Born in 1974, he rode his first winner in Ireland in 1992 at the age of seventeen and moved to ride in England in 1994, where he became champion jump jockey for the first time in 1995 and 1996. He kept the title in every season he rode as a professional, a record twenty consecutive championships, and finished his career with a record 4,358 winners. His major victories include the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the Champion Hurdle, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the King George VI Chase and the 2010 Grand National, which he won at his fifteenth attempt. He was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010, the first jockey to receive the award, and was knighted in 2016.
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Northern Irish former National Hunt jockey
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Sir Anthony Peter McCoy (born 4 May 1974)
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He was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010
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British jump racing Champion Jockey a record 20 consecutive times
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Northern Irish former National Hunt jockey
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McCoy has won almost every major horse race on the British and Irish jumps circuit.
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the 2010 Grand National
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