William Speed Lane Fox-Pitt MBE[1] (born 2 January 1969) is an English equestrian who competes in eventing.
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.
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.
[6] 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.
[7][8] Fox-Pitt was educated at Wellesley House School in Kent, Eton College and the Goldsmiths, University of London.
After regaining consciousness, he had initial trouble with blindness and then double vision, but was ultimately able to earn a spot on the British team for the 2016 Olympics and returned to international competition with the stallion Chilli Morning.
[14] 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1990 1989 1988 1987 1985 late April early May June early September mid-October late October early November held in 2021 EL (Coup De Coeur) WD (Tamarillo) 19th (Idalgo Du Donjon) WD (Seacookie TSF) 15th (Navigator) 18th (Neuf Des Coeurs) (Lionheart) 25th (Macchiato) RET (Seacookie TSF) RET (Chilli Morning) 4th (Lionheart) RET (Neuf Des Coeurs) (Cool Mountain) 15th (Neuf Des Coeurs) 9th (Seacookie TSF) WD (Cool Mountain) RET (Seacookie TSF) held in 2021 12th (Oratorio) ("replaced" by Bicton 5*: RET (Oratorio II)) 27th (Oratorio) 14th (Oratorio)