Ruy Fonseca
Appearance
![]() Fonseca in 2016 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | São Paulo, Brazil | June 9, 1973
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Equestrian |
Event | Eventing |
Club | Centro Hípico Junia Rabello |
Coached by | Mark Todd[1] |
Ruy Leme da Fonseca Filho (born June 9, 1973) is a Brazilian horse rider that competes in Eventing. He won four Pan American Games medals from 1995 to 2015.[2] Fonseca competed in two Summer Olympics, London 2012 - finishing 42nd in individual and 9th in team eventing -[3][4] and Rio 2016, where Fonseca was eliminated in the jumping qualifiers after his horse refused to jump and threw him off.[5]
CCI 5* Results
Results | ||||||||||||
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Season | Kentucky | Badminton | Luhmühlen | Burghley | Pau | Adelaide | ||||||
2007 | EL (Idaho D'Argonne) | |||||||||||
2009 | 56th (Idaho D'Argonne) | |||||||||||
2010 | 32nd (Idaho D'Argonne) | |||||||||||
2014 | EL (Tom Bombadill Too) | |||||||||||
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew |
International Championship Results
Results | ||||||||||
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Year | Event | Horse | Placing | Notes | ||||||
2004 | World Young Horse Championships | Quizy | 45th | CCI** | ||||||
2010 | World Equestrian Games | Tom Bombadill Too | 12th | Team | ||||||
36th | Individual | |||||||||
2011 | Pan American Games | Tom Bombadill Too | ![]() |
Team | ||||||
EL | Individual | |||||||||
2012 | Olympic Games | Tom Bombadill Too | 9th | Team | ||||||
42nd | Individual | |||||||||
2014 | World Equestrian Games | Tom Bombadill Too | 7th | Team | ||||||
38th | Individual | |||||||||
2015 | Pan American Games | Tom Bombadill Too | ![]() |
Team | ||||||
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Individual | |||||||||
2016 | Olympic Games | Tom Bombadill Too | 7th | Team | ||||||
EL | Individual | |||||||||
2017 | World Young Horse Championships | Ballypatrick SRS | 22nd | CCI* | ||||||
2019 | Pan American Games | Ballypatrick SRS | ![]() |
Team | ||||||
EL | Individual | |||||||||
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew |
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ruy Fonseca.
- ^ Ruy Fonseca. cob.org.br
- ^ How well do you know the Pan Am riders? – Ruy Fonseca (BRA)
- ^ Ruy Fonseca. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Ruy Fonseca". BBC Sport. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ^ Equestrian goes flying head first after his horse refuses to jump
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