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William Fox-Pitt

Eventing

Individual Competition, Team Competition

	Date of Birth:	02/01/1969
	Lives:	Dorset
	Born:
	Country of Birth:	England
	Height:	195
	Weight:	80
	Club:
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	Occupation:	Professional Event Rider & Trainer

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William Fox-Pitt secured his second Olympic medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games when he won eventing team bronze along with Tina Cook, Daisy Dick, Sharon Hunt and Mary King.

At the 2009 European Eventing Championships Fox-Pitt along with Cook, Nicola Wilson and Oliver Townend won the team competition for the eighth successive town, whilst Italy took silver and Belgium bronze.

With a background steeped in horses, Fox-Pitt Fox-Pitt’s choice of career was almost inevitable.

His mother was a member of the British three day event team and his father also completed Badminton and Burghley. Both sisters have represented Britain at junior and young rider level – one is now an actress and model – and his brother plays polo.

Fox-Pitt is a product of the British youth system having won medals at Junior and Young Rider European Championships. Sir Michael Turner’s Chaka gave Fox-Pitt his first taste of Senior success following a 7th at Badminton and subsequent selection for the 1993 European Championships.

After having to withdraw his best horse before the cross country at Badminton in 2003, he finally won the famous trophy in 2004 after a superb performance with Tamarillo to clinch the only major UK event to have eluded him following previous wins at Burghley, Blenheim, Bramham and Gatcombe.

Having first experienced the Olympic atmosphere in Atlanta in 1996 as a member of the British team that finished fifth, Fox-Pitt missed out on selection for Sydney four years later but has since built up a formidable string of top class horses.

Selected for the British Olympic team for Athens, Fox-Pitt was one of the favourites to take the individual gold medal but luck deserted him as Tamarillo had to be withdrawn after the cross-country phase due to a minor injury. Nevertheless, he returned with a team silver medal to add to his numerous international honours, which include five European team gold medals and a World team bronze from Jerez in 2002.

Although 2003 was dominated by Pippa Funnell’s Grand Slam, Fox-Pitt enjoyed tremendous success, winning the World Cup qualifiers at Chatsworth and Thirlestane, Bramham International Horse Trials and Luhmuhlen international three day event in Germany. In August he finished first and second in the British Open Championships at Gatcombe Park to secure the title of National Champion and in September was part of the gold medal winning British team at the European Championships, finishing eighth individually on Moon Man after making a brilliant recovery when the horse stumbled in one of the water complexes. He finished the year by winning the international three day event at Boekelo in Holland with Tom Cruise and was ranked number two in the world behind Pippa Funnell.

2005 was Fox-Pitt’s best season to date – four three day event wins, British Open Champion, winner of the inaugural BE Premier League, world ranked number two and top of the British national rankings, and individual silver and team gold at the Blenheim European Championships.

Fox-Pitt is married to television racing presenter Alice Plunkett, with whom he lives in Dorset. They have two sons; Oliver who was born in 2005 and Thomas who was born in 2006. who was born in 2006. They live in Dorset.

To read more please visit: http://www.foxpitteventing.co.uk/

Last Updated August 2009

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3rd Badminton CCI**** 2008 (Ballincoola)

18th Badminton CCI**** 2008 (Tamarillo)

1st Ballygraffan CIC** 2008 (Cool Mountain)

19th Ballygraffan CIC** 2008 (Bee Animas)

1st Ballygraffan CIC* (Oslo)

3rd Ballygraffan CIC* (Corofin Flyer)

4th Burnham Market CIC***W 2008 (Parkmore Ed)

8th Burnham Market CIC***W 2008 (Tamarillo)

1st Burnham Market CIC*** 2008 (Navigator)

1st Burghley CCI**** 2007 (Parkmore Ed)

5th Burghley CCI**** 2007(Ballincoola)

1st Blair Castle CCI*** 2007(Macchiato)

1st Blair Castle CCI** 2007(Bee Animas)

2^nd Gatcombe Park Open Champs 2007 (Moon Man)

1^st Gatcombe Park Novice Champs 2007 (Cool Mountain)

5th Gatcombe Park Intermediate Champs 2007 (Navigator)

5^th Gatcombe Park CIC*** (Parkmore Ed)

1^st Bramham CCI*** (Macchiato)

1^st Tattersalls CCI** (Trinity Hill)

2^nd Tattersalls CCI* (All that Jazz V)

3^rd Tattersalls CCI* (Imran II)

1^st Houghton CCI** 2007 (Navigator)

1^st Houghton CCI* 2007 (Bee Animas)

2^nd Houghton CCI* 2007 (Cool Mountain)

3rd Weston Park CCI** 2006 (Irish Moon)

4th Weston Park CCI** 2006 (Trinity Hill)

10th South of England CIC** 2006 (Chuckelberry)

6th Burghley CCI**** 2006 (Ballincoola)

19th Burghley CCI**** 2006 (Idalgo)

3rd Blenheim CCI*** 2006 (Parkmore Ed)

Team Silver & 15th World Equestrian Games, Aachen 2006 (Tamarillo)

1st Hartpury CIC*** 2006 (Moon Man)

1st British Intermediate Championships 2006 (Macchiato)

1st British Novice Championships 2006 (Navigator)

11th Luhmuhlen CCI**** 2006 (Birthday Night)

8th Badminton CCI*** 2006 (Ballincoola)

1st Burghley CCI**** 2005 (Ballincoola)

1st British Open Championship, Gatcombe Park 2005 (Moon Man)

1st Barbury Castle CIC *** 2005 (Ballincoola)

1st Burgie CCI ** 2005 (Diamond Manati)

1st Bramham CCI *** 2005 (Mr Dumbledore)

2nd Bramham CCI *** 2005 (Idalgo)

2nd Badminton CCI **** 2005 (Tamarillo)

1st Badminton CCI 2004 (Tamarillo)
4th Lexington CCI 2004 (Ballincoola)
7th Fontainebleau CIC 2004 (Stunning)

5th Le Lion d’Angers CCI 2003 (Idalgo)
8th Le Lion d’Angers CCI 2003 (Igor de Cluis)
1st Boekelo CCI 2003 (Tom Cruise)
Team gold and 8th individual European Championships, Punchestown, Ireland 2003 (Moon Man)
1st CIC World Cup Qualifier, Thirlestane Castle 2003 (Stunning)
1st British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park 2003 (Stunning)
2nd British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park 2003 (Moon Man)
1st British Intermediate Championships, Gatcombe Park 2003 (Tom Cruise II)
1st Luhmuhlen CCI 2003 (Tom Cruise II)
1st Bramham CCI 2003 (Wallow)
2nd Bramham CCI 2003 (Ballincoola)
7th Saumur CCI 2003 (Coastal Ties)
1st Chatsworth CIC World Cup Qualifier 2003 (Stunning)
3rd Lexington CCI 2003 (Moon Man)

Team bronze World Equestrian Games, Jerez, Spain 2002 (Tamarillo)
1st Burghley CCI 2002 (Highland Lad)
7th Burghley CCI 2002 (Moon Man)
4th Boekelo CCI 2002 (Stunning)
3rd British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park 2002 (Moon Man)
4th British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park 2002 (Stunning)
4th Lexington CCI 2002 (Stunning)
2nd Badminton CCI 2002 (Tamarillo)
6th Bramham CCI 2002 (Highland Lad)
8th Bramham CCI 2002 (Just A Sovereign)

5th and Team gold European Champs, Pau, France ‘01 (Stunning)
4th Bonn Roderberg CCIO 2001 (Barclay Square)
4th Saumur CCI 2001 (Stunning)
9th Burghley CCI 2001 (Springleaze Macaroo)

1st British Open Champs, Gatcombe Park 2000 (Moon Man)
1st Blenheim CCI 2000 (Stunning)
2nd Blenheim CCI 2000 (Tamarillo)

2nd Achselschwang CCI 1999 (Moon Man)
7th Bramham CCI 1999 (Moon Man)
Individual silver and Team gold European Open Championships, Burghley 1997 (Cosmopolitan II)
2nd Scottish Open Championships, Thirlestane Castle 1997 (Cosmopolitan II)
3rd Badminton CCI 1997 (Cosmopolitan II)
5th Olympic Games Team Competition, Atlanta, USA 1996 (Cosmopolitan II)
6th Bramham CCI 1996 (Lismore Lord Charles)
5th Boekelo CCI 1996 (Mostly Mischief)
6th and Team gold European Open Championships, Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy 1995 (Cosmopolitan II)
1st Bramham CCI 1995 (Cosmopolitan II)
1st British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park 1995 (Chaka)
6th Blenheim CCI 1995 (Loch Alan)
5th Boekelo CCI 1995 (Faerie Diadem)
1st Burghley CCI 1994 (Chaka)
2nd Scottish Open Championships, Thirlestane Castle ‘94 (Chaka)
7th Punchestown CCI 1994 (Thomastown)
2nd British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park 1994 (Chaka)
7th Badminton CCI 1993 (Chaka)
4th and Team gold Young Rider European Championships 1990 (Steadfast)
3rd Young Rider National Championships ‘90 (Faerie Sovereign)

Individual bronze and Team silver Young Rider European Championships, Achselschwang, Germany 1989
4th and Team gold Young Rider European Championships, Zonhoven, Belgium 1988 (Steadfast)
Individual silver Junior European Championships, Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy 1987 (Steadfast)
5th Junior National Championships 1987
8th Junior National Championships 1985

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