Kitty King

Rider Profile

Name:
Kitty King
Location:
Wiltshire

Kitty was the first athlete to have represented Great Britain at all levels – Pony, Junior, Young Rider and Senior. After making her senior debut in 2005 at the FEI European Championships hosted at Blenheim Palace, Rio 2016 saw Kitty making her first Olympic appearance.

Riding from an early age, her first call-up to represent Great Britain came in 1998 when she was selected for the Pony European Championships, where she brought home a team silver medal. Two years later she was selected for the Junior Europeans and returned with a second team silver medal and a fourth place finish with Leading Edge.

Kitty was crowned the U25 British Champion in 2003, the same year she won a team gold medal at the Young Rider Europeans in Poland. Representing Great Britain once more at the Senior European Championships at Blair Castle in 2015, she was the highest placed British competitor taking fourth place, and a team silver medal, on Jane & Frank Inns’ Persimmon.

In 2016, she was part of the British team that went to the Olympic Games in Rio, riding Ceylor LAN. 

She competed as an individual at the 2019 European Championships in Luhmühlen on Vendredi Biats and finished seventh – the highest-placed finish of the British riders.

Sporting Achievements

Date Event Horse Medals
2023 FEI Eventing European Championship, Haras du Pin FRA Vendredi Biats Team gold, individual silver
2021 FEI Eventing European Championship, Avenches SWI Vendredi Biats Team gold
2019 FEI Eventing European Championship, Luhmühlen Vendredi Biats  
2016 Olympic Games, Rio BRA Ceylor LAN  
2015 FEI Eventing European Championship, Blair GBR Persimmon Team silver
2005 FEI Eventing European Championship, Blenheim GBR Five Boys  
2003 FEI Eventing Young Rider European Championship Five Boys Team gold
2002 FEI Eventing Young Rider European Championship Five Boys Team silver
2000 FEI Eventing Junior European Championship Leading Edge Team silver
1998 FEI Eventing Pony European Championship Red Alert Team silver