Felix Vogg (born 19 June 1990) is a Swiss Olympic eventing rider. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Vogg also participated 2014, 2018 and 2022at the World Equestrian Games. 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023 he competed at the European Eventing Championships.
In 2012 he won the FEI World Cup Eventing title, with his horses Maverick MacNamara and Onfire. At the age of 22, he became the youngest winner of the FEI World Cup Eventing series in history.
Felix has become as well the first Swiss winner of a CCI5*L in over 70 years. (Luhmühlen 2022)
His grandfather Roland Perret competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, while his brother Ben Vogg also competed at the 2016 Olympics.
At the 2019 Pau CCI***** event, Vogg's partner Archie Rocks suffered a catastrophic shoulder fracture on his approach to a fence late in the cross country course. The decision to euthanize the horse was made by the owners and the show veterinarians after it became clear that the injury was irreparable.
CCI 5* Results Results Event Kentucky Badminton Luhmühlen Burghley Pau Adelaide202411th (Cartania)202315th (Cartania)20th (Colero)20221st (Colero)17th (Colero)20196th (Colero) EL (Archie Rocks) EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew
International Championship Results Results Year Event Horse PlacingNotes 2003 European Pony Championships Connection D9thTeam18thIndividual2004European Pony ChampionshipsCyrano 8934thIndividual 2006 European Pony ChampionshipsConnection D6thTeam4thIndividual 2007 European Junior Championships Joy Des Ibis 7thTeam28thIndividual2008European Young Rider ChampionshipsCool Hand Luc8thTeamELIndividual2009European Young Rider ChampionshipsCool Hand Luc6thTeam38thIndividual 2010 European Young Rider Championships Touch of Sportsfield 8thTeam20thIndividual2011World Young Horse ChampionshipsMaverick McNamara11thCCI**2013European ChampionshipsOnfire8thTeamRETIndividual2014World Equestrian GamesOnfire13thTeam49thIndividual2016Olympic GamesOnfireELIndividual2016World Young Horse ChampionshipsMathurin v/d VogelzangCCI*2017European ChampionshipsOnfire7thTeamELIndividual2018World Equestrian GamesColero16thTeam70thIndividual2019European ChampionshipsArchie Rocks8thTeam35thIndividual2021Olympic Games 2020Colero10th 19thTeam Individual2021European Championships Cartania4th 8thTeam Individual2022World Championship Cartania 7th 14thTeam Individual 2023European ChampionshipsColero 5th 11thTeam Individual EL = Eliminated; RET = Retired; WD = Withdrew
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