William Fox-Pitt

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Full Name	William Fox-Pitt
Occupation	Equestrian
Date Of Birth	Jan 2, 1969(1969-01-02)
Age	55
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

William Fox-Pitt Biography

William Fox-Pitt is one of the most popular and richest Equestrian who was born on January 2, 1969 in England, United Kingdom. Equestrian who has been twice Olympic gold medalist.

He was a participant during the 2012 Olympics Equestrian event and was also a model for the silver gold medalist Mary King.

William Speed Lane Fox-Pitt MBE (born 2 January 1969) 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 (1994, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2011), Rolex Kentucky three times (2010, 2012, 2014), Stars of Pau twice (2011, 2013), the Badminton Horse Trials twice (2004, 2015), and the Luhmühlen Horse Trials once (2008). 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.

He is the recordman CCI’s winner with 14 grand slam titles. He is also the only rider to won 5 out of the six CCI’s having won Burghley (1994, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011), Badminton (2004 & 2015), Pau (2011, 2013), Kentucky (2010, 2012, 2014) and Luhmuhlen (2008). He holds the record for the most wins (six) at the Burghley Horse Trials; William’s victories coming in 1994, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2011. Additional major wins have been at the Badminton Horse Trials in 2004 and again in 2015, at Gatcombe Park in 1995, 2000, 2003 and 2005. Team golds in European Championships in 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009. He took individual silver at the 1997 Europeans, team bronze at the 2002 and 2011 Europeans, individual silver at the 2005 Europeans, team silver at the 2006 Aachen World Equestrian Games, team gold at the 2010 World Equestrian Games, individual bronze at the 2013 Europeans, team silver and individual bronze at the 2014 World Equestrian Games, and team silver at the 2015 Europeans. He also represented Great Britain at the (1996 Summer Olympics/Atlanta), (2004 Summer Olympics/Athens), (2008 Summer Olympics/Beijing), (2012 Summer Olympics/London) and (2016 Summer Olympics/Rio), winning team silver in Athens, team bronze in Beijing and team silver in London. In 2006 he was ranked the leading rider in Britain for the sixth year running and 2nd in the world, and as of 2014 he was ranked 1st in the world. William is married to Channel 4 Racing presenter Alice Plunkett. They have two sons; Oliver (born in August 2005) and Thomas (born 15 November 2006), and two daughters; Chloe (born October 2012) and Emily (born September 2014). William is a regular columnist in the weekly equestrian magazine, Horse & Hound.

He got married Alice Plunkett and he has two sons, named Oliver as well as Thomas Fox-Pitt. He was raised by two sisters and one brother.

William Fox-Pitt Net Worth

William Fox-Pitt is one of the richest Equestrian from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, William Fox-Pitt 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started riding horses at the age of 4 and started competing at age 15.

He became the first British horse to win five consecutive four-star races in the year 2011.

Fox-Pitt was born in Hampstead, the eldest son of William Oliver Lane Fox-Pitt (1932-2012, known as Oliver) and Marietta Speed. His father competed in many sports, and in addition had a career in the City, founding an investment bank now known as Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller. Oliver and Marietta were both equestrian competitors, riding at Badminton and Burghley, and his siblings have been very successful as well. His paternal grandfather was Major-General “Billy” Fox-Pitt, DSO, MC, a Dorset landowner who served in both World Wars and was a founding officer of the Welsh Guards.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

William Fox-Pitt height 6 ft 5 in William weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is William Fox-Pitt Dating?

According to our records, William Fox-Pitt married to Alice Plunkett. As of December 1, 2023, William Fox-Pitt’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

William Ranked on the list of most popular Equestrian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. William Fox-Pitt celebrates birthday on January 2 of every year.

Top Facts about William Fox-Pitt

Key Facts:
1. William Speed Lane Fox-Pitt was born in Hampstead on 2 January 1969.
2. He is the eldest son of William Oliver Lane Fox-Pitt and Marietta Speed.
3. He is the recordman CCI*****’s winner with 14 grand slam titles.
4. In 2011, he became the first rider to win five different five-star events.
5. He holds the record for the most wins (six) at the Burghley Horse Trials.
6. At the European Championships, he has won six team gold medals.
7. He has represented Great Britain at the 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, winning 2 silver and 1 bronze medal.
8. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours.
9. Fox-Pitt began his career in eventing at the age of 15.
10. He is married to ITV Racing presenter Alice Plunkett and they have four children.
11. In October 2015, a fall at a competition in France left him in a coma for two weeks.
12. He regained consciousness and was ultimately able to earn a spot on the British team for the 2016 Olympics.
13. He returned to international competition with the stallion Chilli Morning in 2016.
14. He was the only remaining member of the team who won silver in London

2012. 15. One of his best known partnerships is with the horse Tamarillo.

Is William Fox-Pitt still competing?

Biography. British Olympian William Fox-Pitt (53) is one of the sport’s most successful riders. He first competed at here 33-years ago (1989) and last competed here in 2019 and has won the event twice, in 2004 (Tamarillo) and again in 2015 with the stallion Chilli Morning – the first stallion to win the event.

Is William Fox-Pitt retired?

“ The owners in the Fox-Pitt Partnership and myself have very sadly decided to retire the amazing Oslo ,” said a statement from William today (28 June). “He has had a catalogue of setbacks and this year has shown some issues in his hocks.

Where is William Fox-Pitt based?

In 2003 William and his wife, Channel 4 Racing presenter Alice Plunkett, began the development of a 28 stable state of the art training centre in Hinton St Mary, Dorset. In 2005 everything was complete and Wood Lane Stables has been home to Fox-Pitt Eventing ever since.

Is William Fox-Pitt a Sir?

William Fox-Pitt MBE
Discipline| Eventing
Born| 2 January 1969 Hampstead, London, England

How tall is William Fox-Pitt feet?

6′ 5″