Ruy Leme da Fonseca Filho (born 9 June 1973) is a Brazilian horse rider that competes in eventing. He won four Pan American Games medals from 1995 to 2015. Fonseca competed in two Summer Olympics, London 2012 - finishing 42nd in individual and 9th in team eventing - and Rio 2016, where Fonseca was eliminated in the jumping qualifiers after his horse refused to jump and threw him off.
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.
CCI 5* Results
Results 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
Results Year Event Horse PlacingNotes2004World Young Horse ChampionshipsQuizy45thCCI** 2010 World Equestrian Games Tom Bombadill Too12thTeam36thIndividual2011Pan American GamesTom Bombadill TooTeamELIndividual 2012 Olympic Games Tom Bombadill Too 9thTeam42ndIndividual2014World Equestrian GamesTom Bombadill Too7thTeam38thIndividual2015Pan American GamesTom Bombadill TooTeamIndividual2016Olympic GamesTom Bombadill Too7thTeamELIndividual2017World Young Horse ChampionshipsBallypatrick SRS22ndCCI*2019Pan American GamesBallypatrick SRSTeamELIndividual EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew
References
External links
Ruy Fonseca at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived)