Frank Chapot

Frank Chapot was an American show jumping rider, born in Camden, New Jersey on 24 February 1932 and died on 20 June 2016. He competed at six consecutive Olympic Games from 1956 to 1976 and won two silver medals in team show jumping, at Rome in 1960 and Munich in 1972. After two years in the United States air force he joined the American equestrian team in 1956 while still on active duty. He was chef d'equipe of the American equestrian team from 1980 to 2004 and led it to its first Olympic team gold at Los Angeles in 1984, and he coached the American show jumpers from 1968 until 2005. He bred and trained Gem Twist, named World's Best Horse in 1990. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1955, later worked as a course designer and judge, and received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the United States Equestrian Federation in 2001.