Will Coleman

William Coleman III (born May 8, 1983) At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Individual eventing and Team eventing. At the age of six, Coleman's family moved to Charlottesville, VA where he started riding in the hunt fields of Virginia Piedmont Hunt. His father was an avid fox hunter and became his first show jumping coach. After Coleman began to focus on eventing he started training with Karen and David O’Connor, beginning an apprentice with the pair after his graduation from Woodberry Forest School. When he turned 19 he began competing at three-star level. That year he finished 8th on Second Hope at Fair Hill International CCI3*, earning a spot on the USEF's winter training list. The pair competed in their first CCI4* at Burghley, jumping a clean cross country round and finishing 26th overall. at Rolex Kentucky CCI4*

In 2021, Coleman won the CHIO Aachen Nations Cup aboard Off the Record. He became the first American event rider to win in Aachen.

Results Source:

2001 NAYRC 1st – Ratzi 2002 Fair Hill CCI3* 8th — Second Hope 2003 Burghley International CCI4* 26th – Fox in Flight 2003 Chatsworth CIC3* – Fox-in-Flight 2003 Chatsworth Advanced 1st – Second Hope 2003 Bramham International U-25 CCI3* UK 1st – Fox In Flight 2004 Rolex Kentucky CCI4* 19th -Second Hope 2004 USEF Olympic Games Short List – Fox In Flight 2004 USEA Young Rider and Advanced Rider of the Year 2005 Luhmuhlen CCI4* Germany 16th – Second Hope, Second Highest Placed American 2006 USEF National CCI Championship – Kiki du Manoir 2007 Adequan Gold Cup Series 1st – Kiki du Manoir 2008 American Eventing Championship Intermediate 4th – Nevada Bay 2008 American Eventing Championship Advanced 3rd – Twizzel 2008 The Fork Horse Trials CIC3* 7th – Twizzel 2008 Planation Field CIC3* 1st – Twizzel 2008 Fair Hill International CCI3* 3rd – Twizzel 2009 USEF High Performance A List – Twizzel 2009 Luhmuhlen CCI4* Germany 5th – Twizzel 2010 USEF High Performance A-List on Twizzel 2010 Red Hills CIC3* World Cup Qualifier 3rd – Nevada Bay 2011 USEF Pan American Games Short List – OBOS O’Reilly 2011 Barbury International CIC3* 7th – Twizzel 2011 Fair Hill CCI3* 4th – Twizzel 2011 USEF High Performance B-List – Twizzel 2012 USEF Olympic Games Short List 2012 Olympic Games 37th – Twizzel 2013 Fair Hill International CIC3* 1st – OBOS O’Reilly 2013 Bromont CCI3* 1st – OBOS O’Reilly 2013 USEF WORLD CLASS LIST – OBOS O’Reilly 2013 Fair Hill CCI3* 3rd – Conair 2014 USEF NATIONAL LIST – Conair and OBOS O’Reilly 2015 Rolex Kentucky CCI4* 6th Place Overall and USEF National Reserve Champion, Best Turned Out, Best Conditioned, and Land Rover Best Ride of the Day – OBOS O’Reilly 2015 Blenheim CCI3* 11th – OBOS O’Reilly

CCI***** results

International championship results