Ruy Fonseca

Ruy Fonseca
Fonseca in 2016
Personal information
Born (1973-06-09) June 9, 1973
São Paulo, Brazil
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Equestrian
Event(s) Eventing
Club Centro Hípico Junia Rabello
Coached by Mark Todd[1]
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
1995 Mar del PlataTeam eventing
2015 TorontoTeam eventing
2011 GuadalajaraTeam eventing
2015 TorontoIndividual eventing

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]

References

  1. ↑ Ruy Fonseca. cob.org.br
  2. ↑ How well do you know the Pan Am riders? – Ruy Fonseca (BRA)
  3. ↑ Ruy Fonseca. sports-reference.com
  4. ↑ "Ruy Fonseca". BBC Sport. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ Equestrian goes flying head first after his horse refuses to jump
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