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.
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| Born | August 10, 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
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| Event | Kentucky | Badminton | Luhmühlen | Burghley | Pau | Adelaide | Maryland | |||||
| 2006 | RET (Five Boys) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2008 | EL (Boondoggle) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | 32nd (Boondoggle) | EL (Boondoggle) | ||||||||||
| 2010 | RET (Boondoggle) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | EL (High Havoc) | |||||||||||
| 2012-2017 | Did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 4th (Ceylor LAN) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | EL (Vendredi Biats) | |||||||||||
| 2020-2021 | Did not participate | |||||||||||
| 2022 | 7th (Vendredi Biats) | |||||||||||
| EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Kitty King". fei.org. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ British eventing team named for Rio Olympics
- ^ 9 Things We Learned at the Blair European Championships http://eventingnation.com/9-things-we-learned-at-the-blair-european-championships/
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