# Kitty King

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British eventing rider

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Kitty King Personal information Born (1982-08-10) August 10, 1982 (age 43)

**Kitty King** (born 10 August 1982) is a British Olympic [eventing](/source/Eventing) rider.[1] She competed at the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro) where she finished 30th in the [individual](/source/Equestrian_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Individual_eventing) and 5th in the [team competition](/source/Equestrian_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Team_eventing).

King also participated at three [European Eventing Championships](/source/European_Eventing_Championships) (in 2005, 2015 and 2021). Her best results came at the [2015 Europeans](/source/2015_European_Eventing_Championships) held at [Blair Castle](/source/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 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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Kitty King"](http://www.fei.org/bios/Person/10004727/KING_Kitty). fei.org. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [British eventing team named for Rio Olympics](http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/rio-2016-olympics-news/british-eventing-team-named-rio-olympics-545086)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** 9 Things We Learned at the Blair European Championships [http://eventingnation.com/9-things-we-learned-at-the-blair-european-championships/](http://eventingnation.com/9-things-we-learned-at-the-blair-european-championships/)

v t e European equestrian champions in team eventing 1953: Great Britain: (Weldon, Hindley, Hill) 1954: Great Britain: (Hill, Weldon, Rook, Mason) 1955: Great Britain: (Weldon, Hill, Rook, Mason) 1957: Great Britain: (Willcox, Marsh, Allhusen, Tatham-Warter) 1959: West Germany: (Lütke-Westhüs, Pohlmann, Dehning, Klimke) 1962: Soviet Union: (Gazyumov, Deyev, Baklyshkin, Mursalimov) 1965: Soviet Union: (Gorelkin, Mursalimov, Yevdokimov, Baklyshkin) 1967: Great Britain: (Whitely, Allhusen, Jones, Meade) 1969: Great Britain: (Walker, Allhusen, Hely-Hutchinson, Jones) 1971: Great Britain: (West, Meade, Gordon-Watson, Phillips) 1973: West Germany: (Blöcker, Mergler, Karsten, Klugmann) 1975: Soviet Union: (Gornushko, Kalinin, Lanyugin, Tishkin) 1977: Great Britain: (Prior-Palmer, Holderness-Roddam, Collins, Strachan) 1979: Ireland: (Watson, Foster, Lillingston, Cantillon) 1981: Great Britain: (Purbrick, Benson, Meade, Holgate) 1983: Sweden: (Persson, Breisner, Ingvarsson, Ullsten) 1985: Great Britain: (Holgate, Clarke, Stark, Green) 1987: Great Britain: (Leng, Stark, Hunt, Green) 1989: Great Britain: (Powell, Stark, Leng, Clarke-Sutherland) 1991: Great Britain: (Stark, Walker, Straker, Thomson) 1993: Sweden: (Christensson, Bergendorff, Duvander, Hermann) 1995: Great Britain: (Bathe, Gifford, Fox-Pitt, King) 1997: Great Britain: (Bartle, Stark, King, Fox-Pitt) 1999: Great Britain: (Gifford, Brakewell, Stark, Funnell) 2001: Great Britain: (Law, Brakewell, Fox-Pitt, Funnell) 2003: Great Britain: (Brakewell, Fox-Pitt, Law, Funnell) 2005: Great Britain: (Phillips, Fox-Pitt, Brakewell, Law) 2007: Great Britain: (Townend, Dick, Phillips, King) 2009: Great Britain: (Cook, Fox-Pitt, Wilson, Townend) 2011: Germany: (Jung, Auffarth, Klimke, Dibowski) 2013: Germany: (Jung, Klimke, Schrade, Dibowski) 2015: Germany: (Jung, Auffarth, Klimke, Schrade) 2017: Great Britain: (Cook, Wilson, Canter, Townend) 2019: Germany: (Klimke, Jung, Dibowski, Rüder) 2021: Great Britain: (Wilson, March, King, Canter) 2023: Great Britain: (Collett, Ingham, King, Canter) 2025: Germany: (Lübbeke, Hansen-Hotopp, Robiné, Jung)

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