page_title: William Fox-Pitt
section_title: Career highlights
hierarchical_section_title: William Fox-Pitt / Career highlights
caption_attribution_description: English: William Fox Pitt and Before Time at the Ice Pond during the cross-country phase of the CIC*** (Section K) competition at Chatsworth International Horse Trials 2013.
context_page_description: William Speed Lane Fox-Pitt MBE is an English equestrian who competes in eventing. His career highlights include winning three Olympic medals in the team event, with silver in 2004 and 2012, and bronze in 2008. At the World Equestrian Games, he won team gold and individual silver in 2010, and team silver and individual bronze in 2014. He also won World team medals in 2002 and 2006. At the European Championships, he has won six team gold medals, as well as Individual silver in 1997 and 2005, and Individual bronze in 2013. He is the recordman CCI*****'s winner with 14 grand slam titles. In 2011, he became the first rider to win five different five-star events, having won the Burghley Horse Trials a record six times, Rolex Kentucky three times, Stars of Pau twice, the Badminton Horse Trials twice, and the Luhmühlen Horse Trials once. A serious fall in 2015 left him in a coma for two weeks, but he came back to make the British eventing team and attend the 2016 Summer Olympics.
context_section_description: 2019
  1st Tattersalls Horse Trials CCI*** (Georgisaurous)
  2nd Festival of British Eventing Novice Championships (Grafennacht)
  2018
  2nd Blenheim Palace Horse Trials CCI*** (Oratorio II)
  2nd Tattersalls Horse Trials CCI*** (Little Fire)
  2017
  1st Barbury Horse Trials CIC*** (Clifton Signature)
  2016
  12th Individual at the Summer Olympics in Rio (Chilli Morning)
  2015
  Team Silver at the European Championships in Scotland (Bay My Hero)
  1st Badminton Horse Trials CCI**** (Chilli Morning)
  4th Rolex Kentucky Three Day  CCI**** (Bay My Hero)
  2014
  FEI World number 1 eventing rider
  Individual Bronze and Team Silver at the World Equestrian Games in France (Chilli Morning)
  1st Rolex Kentucky Three Day  CCI**** (Bay My Hero)
  9th Rolex Kentucky Three Day  CCI**** (Seacookie)
  2013
  1st Stars of Pau CCI **** (Seacookie)
  3rd Stars of Pau CCI **** (Cool Mountain)
  Individual Bronze at the European Championship in Sweden (Chilli Morning)
  3rd Luhmühlen Horse Trials CCI **** (Neuf des Coeurs)
  4th Luhmühlen Horse Trials CCI **** (Lionheart)
  1st Bramham Horse Trials CCI***(Chilli Morning)
  5th Badminton Horse Trials CCI **** (Parklane Hawk)
  2nd Rolex Kentucky Three Day CCI **** (Seacookie)
  2012
  FEI World number 1 eventing rider
  1st Bramham Horse Trials CCI***(Chilli Morning)
  1st Rolex Kentucky Three Day CCI **** (Parklane Hawk)
  Team Silver at the Summer Olympics in London (Lionheart)
  2011
  Team Bronze at the European Championships in Luhmuhlen (Cool Mountain)
  1st Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Parklane Hawk)
  1st Stars of Pau CCI **** (Oslo)
  2010
  FEI World number 1 eventing rider
  1st Rolex Kentucky Three Day CCI **** (Cool Mountain)
  Team Gold and Individual Silver at FEI World Equestrian Games Kentucky (Cool Mountain)
  2009
  Team Gold at the European Championships in France (Idalgo)
  2008
  FEI World number 1 eventing rider
  1st Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Tamarillo)
  2nd Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Ballincoola)
  3rd Badminton Horse Trials CCI **** (Ballincoola)
  1st Bramham Horse Trials CCI*** (Navigator)
  1st Luhmühlen Horse Trials CCI **** (Macchiato)
  Team Bronze at the Summer Olympics in Beijing
  2007
  1st Bramham Horse Trials CCI*** (Macchiato)
  1st Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Parkmore Ed)
  1st Blair CCI*** (Macchiato)
  5th Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Ballincoola)
  2006
  9th Badminton Horse Trials CCI **** (Ballincoola)
  11th Luhmühlen Horse Trials CCI **** (Birthday Night)
  1st Hartpary CCI*** (Moon Man)
  15th Aachen WEG **** (Tamarillo)
  3rd Blenheim Horse Trials CCI*** (Parkmore Ed)
  6th Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Ballincoola)
  2005
  1st Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Ballincoola)
  1st Boekelo Horse Trials CCI*** (Mr. Dumbledore)
  2nd Badminton Horse Trials CCI **** (Tamarillo)
  1st Bramham Horse Trials CCI*** (Mr. Dumbledore)
  2nd Bramham Horse Trials CCI*** (Idalgo)
  1st Gatcombe British Open (Moon Man)
  Team gold and individual silver at the European Championships (Tamarillo)
  Winner of the British Eventing Premier League
  2004
  1st Badminton Horse Trials CCI **** (Tamarillo)
  4th Rolex Kentucky Three Day CCI **** (Ballincoola)
  7th Fontainebleau (Stunning)
  Team silver at the Athens Olympics (Tamarillo)
  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 Luhmühlen Horse Trials CIC *** (Tom Cruise II)
  1st Bramham Horse Trials CCI *** (Wallow)
  2nd Bramham Horse Trials CCI *** (Ballincoola)
  7th Saumur (Coastal Ties)
  1st Chatsworth CIC World Cup Qualifier (Stunning)
  3rd Rolex Kentucky Three Day CCI **** (Moon Man)
  2002
  FEI World number 1 eventing rider
  Team bronze World Equestrian Games, Jerez, Spain (Tamarillo)
  1st Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Highland Lad)
  7th Burghley Horse Trials CCI **** (Moon Man)
  4th Boekelo (Stunning)
  3rd British Open Championships, Gatcombe Park (Moon Man)
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caption: William Fox Pitt and Before Time at the Ice Pond during the cross-country phase of the CIC*** (Section K) competition at Chatsworth International Horse Trials 2013.
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