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]
![]() 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] |
Fonseca was the travelling reserve for Brazilian eventing team at the 2024 Summer Olympics. When Carlos Para withdrew Safira prior to the horse inspection, Fonseca rode Ballypatrick SRS in the show jumping phase of the team competition.[6]
CCI 5* Results
editResults | ||||||||||||
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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
editResults | ||||||||||
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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 | |||||||
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
editWikimedia 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
- ^ "2 Held, 1 Withdrawn From Hold Box At Final Olympic Eventing Horse Inspection - The Chronicle of the Horse". Retrieved July 29, 2024.