Kitty King

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Kitty King
Personal information
Born (1982-08-10) August 10, 1982 (age 43)
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Haras du Pin Team eventing
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Avenches Team eventing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Haras du Pin Individual eventing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Blair Castle Team eventing

Kitty King (born 10 August 1982) is a British Olympic eventing rider. [1] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished 30th in the individual and 5th in the team competition.

King also participated at three European Eventing Championships (in 2005, 2015 and 2021). Her best results came at the 2015 Europeans held at Blair Castle, when she won a silver medal in the team competition and finished 4th individually. She was the highest placed of the Brits. [2] King is the first British rider to win continental championship medals at all levels: Ponies, Juniors, Young Riders and now Seniors. [3]

CCI5* Results

Results
Event Kentucky Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide Maryland
2006RET (Five Boys)
2007Did not participate
2008EL (Boondoggle)
200932nd (Boondoggle)EL (Boondoggle)
2010RET (Boondoggle)
2011EL (High Havoc)
2012-2017Did not participate
20184th (Ceylor LAN)
2019EL (Vendredi Biats)
2020-2021Did not participate
20227th (Vendredi Biats)
EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew

References

  1. "Kitty King". fei.org. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. British eventing team named for Rio Olympics
  3. 9 Things We Learned at the Blair European Championships http://eventingnation.com/9-things-we-learned-at-the-blair-european-championships/