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Fonseca in 2016
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
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 |
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. 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.