William Fox-Pitt

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William Fox-Pitt
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William Fox-Pitt in the dressage test at the CCI 4 * Burghley 2009
William Fox-Pitt in the dressage test at the CCI 4 * Burghley 2009

Eventing riding

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain
Olympic games
silver 2004 Versatility, team
bronze 2008 Versatility, team
silver 2012 Versatility, team

William Speed ​​Lane Fox-Pitt (born January 2, 1969 in Hampstead ) is a British eventing rider .

Career

Fox-Pitt started riding at the age of four and started eventing at fifteen. With Steadfast he won the individual silver medal at the European Junior Championships in 1987 and successfully took part in the European Young Rider Championships in 1989 and 1990. Fox-Pitt competed in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1996 and has been a permanent member of the British championship teams since the 2000s. At the World Equestrian Games in 2010 he won the individual silver medal, four years later he won the individual bronze. He holds the record for most victories in the Burghley Horse Trials , winning in 1994, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2011.

At the World Championships for young eventing horses in Le Lion d'Angers, William Fox-Pitt fell badly in October 2015. While his horse was unharmed, he suffered a traumatic brain injury. After he was initially placed in an artificial coma, he was able to leave the intensive care unit two weeks later. In April 2016 he was able to take part in tournaments again.

At his fifth Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 , he competed with Chilli Morning . After he was in the lead after the dressage, he (like all British riders) had to accept a double-digit number on minus points in the field. With a faultless team jumping test, the team was able to work its way up to fifth place, Fox-Pitt came twelfth in the individual competition.

Fox-Pitt is a regular Horse & Hound columnist. With a height of 1.98 meters, Fox-Pitt is considered one of the largest internationally active eventing riders.

Private

Fox-Pitt comes from an equestrian family, both his parents and his siblings are active in sports.

He attended Eton College and the University of London . William Fox-Pitt is married to Channel 4 presenter Alice Plunkett, with whom he has two sons.

Horses (excerpt)

William Fox-Pitt with Idalgo at the 2009 Badminton Horse Trials
  • Chilli Morning (* 2000; † 2020, collapsed while grazing on the local pasture and died), Brandenburg stallion, father: Phantomic xx, mother's father: Kolibri
  • Cool Mountain (* 2000), brown gelding, father: Primitive Rising, mother's father: Ideiots Delight
  • Bay My Hero (* 2003), brown Irish gelding, father: Cult Hero, mother's father: Tomgar Power Crest
  • Tamarillo (1992–2015), Anglo-Arab , bay gelding, father: Tarnik, mother: Mellita

successes

  • Olympic Games :
    • 1996, Atlanta : with Cosmopolitan II 5th place with the team
    • 2004, Athens : with Tamarillo silver medal with the team
    • 2008, Hong Kong : with Parkmore Ed bronze medal with the team, 12th place in the individual ranking
    • 2012, London : with Lionheart silver medal with the team, 27th place in the individual ranking
    • 2016, Rio de Janeiro : 5th place with the team with Chilli Morning , 12th place in the individual ranking
  • World Equestrian Games :
    • 2002, Jerez de la Frontera: with Tamarillo bronze medal with the team, 14th place in the individual ranking
    • 2006, Aachen : with Tamarillo silver medal with the team, 15th place in the individual ranking
    • 2010, Lexington (Kentucky) : with Cool Mountain gold medal with the team, silver medal in the individual ranking
    • 2014, Haras du Pin / Caen : with Chilli Morning, silver medal with the team, bronze medal in the individual ranking
  • European Championships :
    • 1987, Pratoni del Vivaro (Juniors): with Steadfast silver medal in the individual ranking
    • 1989, Achselschwang (Young Riders): with Steadfast silver medal with the team, 4th place in the individual ranking
    • 1990, Rotherfield Park (Young Riders): with Steadfast gold medal with the team, 4th place in the individual ranking
    • 2003, Punchestown: with Moon Man gold medal with the team, 8th place in the individual ranking
    • 2005, Blenheim: with Tamarillo gold medal with the team, silver medal in the individual ranking
    • 2009, Fontainebleau: with Idalgo du Donjon gold medal with the team, 4th place in the individual ranking
    • 2011, Luhmühlen : with a Cool Mountain bronze medal with the team, 7th place in the individual ranking
    • 2013, Malmö : with Chilli Morning 6th place with the team, bronze medal in the individual ranking
    • 2015, Blair Castle : with Bay My Hero silver medal with the team, eliminated in the individual ranking

Web links

Commons : William Fox-Pitt  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography / important successes of William Fox-Pitt on the FEI website
  2. ↑ William Fox-Pitt no longer in intensive care , St. George , October 30, 2015
  3. ↑ Weston Park: Fox-Pitt "absolutely fine" after another fall , St. Georg, April 11, 2016
  4. ^ Portrait of William Fox-Pitt on the 2012 Olympic Games website
  5. ↑ William Fox-Pitts Chilli Morning is dead. August 25, 2020, accessed on August 26, 2020 .
  6. ↑ FEI horse database: Chilli Morning
  7. ↑ FEI horse database: Cool Mountain
  8. ^ FEI horse database: Bay My Hero
  9. ^ FEI horse database: Tamarillo
  10. ↑ Information about Tamarillo on the Horse & Hound website
personal data
SURNAME Fox-Pitt, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fox-Pitt, William Speed ​​Lane (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British eventing rider and multiple Olympian
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd January 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampstead (London)