William Fox-Pitt

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Medal record
Equestrian
Olympic Games
Silver 2004 Athens Team Three Day Event
World Championships
Bronze 2002 Jerez Team eventing
European Championships
Gold 1995 Pratoni del Vivaro Team eventing
Gold 1997 Burghley Team eventing
Silver 1997 Burghley Individual eventing
Gold 2001 Pau Team eventing
Gold 2003 Punchestown Team eventing
Gold 2005 Blenheim Team eventing
Silver 2005 Blenheim Individual eventing

William Fox-Pitt is a British three-day eventing rider. He was born on 2 January 1969 and educated at Eton College and the University of London. Fox-Pitt began riding at age four, and started eventing at age 15. He was born into an equestrian family, with both parents having ridden around Badminton and Burghley and his siblings having been very successful as well. He won the Burghley Horse Trials in 1994, 2002, 2005, and 2007, at Badminton Horse Trials in 2004, at Gatcombe Park in 1995, 2000, 2003 and 2005, and team golds in European Championships in 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2005. He also represented Great Britain at the Atlanta and 2004 Athens Olympics, winning team silver at the latter Games. As of 2006, he was ranked the leading rider in Britain for the sixth year running and 2nd in the world. William is married to Channel 4 Racing presenter Alice Plunkett. They have two sons, Oliver who was born in August 2005 and Thomas, born 15th November 2006. William is a regular columnist in the weekly equestrian magazine, Horse & Hound.

William Fox-Pitt on Idalgo clears the Cottesmore Leap at Burghley Horse Trials, 2006


[edit] Career highlights

2008

  • 3rd Badminton Horse Trials (Ballincoola)

2007

  • 1st Bramham CCI*** (Macchiato)
  • 1st Burghley Horse Trials (Parkmore Ed)
  • 1st Blair CCI*** (Macchiato)
  • 5th Burghley Horse Trials (Ballincoola)

2006

  • 9th Badminton Horse Trials (Ballincoola)
  • 11th Luhmuhlen CCI **** (Birthday Night)
  • 1st Hartpary CCI*** (Moon Man)
  • 15th Aachen WEG **** (Tamarillo (horse))
  • 3rd Blenheim CCI*** (Parkmore Ed)
  • 6th Burghley Horse Trials (Ballincoola)

2005

  • 1st Burghley Horse Trials (Ballincoola)
  • 1st Boekelo Horse Trials CCI*** (Mr. Dumbledore)
  • 2nd Badminton Horse Trials (Tamarillo (horse))
  • 1st Brahman CCI*** (Mr. Dumbledore)
  • 2nd Brahman CCI*** (Idalgo)
  • 1st Gatcombe British Open (Moon Man)
  • Team gold and individual silver at the European Championships (Tamarillo (horse))
  • Winner of the British Eventing Premier League

2004

  • 1st Badminton Horse Trials (Tamarillo (horse))
  • 4th Rolex Kentucky Three-Day (Ballincoola)
  • 7th Fontainebleau (Stunning)
  • Team silver at the Athens Olympics (Tamarillo (horse))

2003

  • 5th Le Lion d’Angers (Idalgo)
  • 8th Le Lion d’Angers (Igor de Cluis)
  • 1st Boekelo (Tom Cruise)
  • Team gold and 8th individual European Championships, Punchestown, Ireland (Moon Man)
  • 1st CIC World Cup Qualifier, Thirlestane Castle (Stunning)
  • 1st British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Stunning)
  • 2nd British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Moon Man)
  • 1st British Intermediate Championships, Gatcombe Park (Tom Cruise II)
  • 1st Luhmuhlen (Tom Cruise II)
  • 1st Bramham (Wallow)
  • 2nd Bramham (Ballincoola)
  • 7th Saumur (Coastal Ties)
  • 1st Chatsworth CIC World Cup Qualifier (Stunning)
  • 3rd Rolex Kentucky Three-Day (Moon Man)

2002

  • Team bronze World Equestrian Games, Jerez, Spain (Tamarillo (horse))
  • 1st Burghley (Highland Lad)
  • 7th Burghley (Moon Man)
  • 4th Boekelo (Stunning)
  • 3rd British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Moon Man)
  • 4th British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Stunning)
  • 4th Rolex Kentucky Three-Day (Stunning)
  • 2nd Badminton (Tamarillo (horse))
  • 6th Bramham (Highland Lad)
  • 8th Bramham (Just A Sovereign)

2001

  • 5th and Team gold European Champs, Pau, France (Stunning)
  • 4th Bonn Roderberg CCIO (Barclay Square)
  • 4th Saumur (Stunning)
  • 9th Burghley (Springleaze Macaroo)

2000

  • 1st British Open Champs, Gatcombe Park (Moon Man)
  • 1st Blenheim (Stunning)
  • 2nd Blenheim (Tamarillo (horse))

1999

  • 2nd Achselschwang (Moon Man)
  • 7th Bramham (Moon Man)

1997

  • Individual silver and Team gold European Open Championships, Burghley (Cosmopolitan II)
  • 2nd Scottish Open Championships, Thirlestane Castle (Cosmopolitan II)
  • 3rd Badminton CCI (Cosmopolitan II)

1996

  • 5th Olympic Games Team Competition, Atlanta, USA (Cosmopolitan II)
  • 6th Bramham (Lismore Lord Charles)
  • 5th Boekelo (Mostly Mischief)

1995

  • 6th and Team gold European Open Championships, Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy (Cosmopolitan II)
  • 1st Bramham (Cosmopolitan II)
  • 1st British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Chaka)
  • 6th Blenheim (Loch Alan)
  • 5th Boekelo (Faerie Diadem)

1994

  • 1st Burghley (Chaka)
  • 2nd Scottish Open Championships, Thirlestane Castle (Chaka)
  • 7th Punchestown (Thomastown)
  • 2nd British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Chaka)

1993

  • 7th Badminton (Chaka)

1990

  • 4th and Team gold Young Rider European Championships (Steadfast)
  • 3rd Young Rider National Championships (Faerie Sovereign)

1989

  • Individual bronze and Team silver Young Rider European Championships, Achselschwang, Germany

1988

  • 4th and Team gold Young Rider European Championships, Zonhoven, Belgium (Steadfast)

1987

  • Individual silver Junior European Championships, Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy (Steadfast)
  • 5th Junior National Championships

1985

  • 8th Junior National Championships 1985

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