22 Facts About Joseph Fargis

Joseph "Joe" Halpin Fargis IV was born on April 2,1948 and is an American showjumper and Olympic champion.

Joseph Fargis won showjumping team silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Joseph Fargis began riding in second grade after visiting a friend whose mother ran a riding school.

Joseph Fargis learned to ride with trainer Jane Dillon at her Junior Equitation School in Vienna, Virginia.

Joseph Fargis rode at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show as a junior.

Joseph Fargis first rode at the FEI Nations Cup in 1970 in Lucerne, Switzerland, as a member of the US team.

In 1975, Joseph Fargis helped the US secure Team Gold at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico.

Joseph Fargis was sidelined for much of the rest of the year.

In 1983, Joseph Fargis was part of the United States Equestrian Team's Nation's Cup team with wins at Calgary and Rome.

Joseph Fargis competed in showjumping at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles.

Joseph Fargis was the East Coast League's top qualifier to the 1985 FEI World Cup Finals.

At the 1988 Summer Olympics Joseph Fargis, riding Irish-bred mare Mill Pearl, won team silver and finished seventh as an individual.

Joseph Fargis represented the United States at the FEI World Equestrian Games in Stockholm in 1990.

In 1993, Joseph Fargis won the $50,000 Budweiser I Love New York Grandprix and the $50,000 Grandprix of New Hampshire.

In March 1999, Joseph Fargis broke a leg at a Florida show.

Joseph Fargis won the $5,000 welcome stake on July 19,2012, at the Chagrin Valley Hunter Jumper Classic and the $30,000 Duke Children's Grand Prix on November 9,2013.

Joseph Fargis had a serious fall at the 2014 Lexington Spring Encore, suffering broken ribs and a punctured lung as well as internal bleeding.

Joseph Fargis has been called "a leading figure in showjumping" and received the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the US Equestrian Federation.

Joseph Fargis has been inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame, the Virginia Horse Show Association Hall of Fame, the Virginia Horse Center Hall of Fame and the Pennsylvania Horse Show Hall of Fame.

Joseph Fargis has been named AHSA Horseman of the Year and has received the USHJA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Joseph Fargis has had a lasting effect on the administration of horse sport in the United States as a committee member of the American Horse Show Association, United States Hunter Jumper Association, and United States Equestrian Team.

Joseph Fargis is considered one of the best clinicians in the United States and internationally.