In corona times we are all ordered to stay at home, self quarantine, and do social distancing. With more time on your hands to spend online, Eurodressage launches a "Hit & Run" interview series so that you get to know the world's most famous dressage riders and personalities more closely.
Spencer Wilton is an Olympic team rider for Great Britain. With Super Nova he won team silver at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio . He went on to represent Team GB at the 2017 European Championships in Gothenburg and 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, where they got team bronze.
Hit & Run - Spencer Wilton
What is your earliest memory?
Standing up in my cot ( not sure how young I was) starring at Christmas decorations in our nursery
Which person alive do you admire the most and why?
Apparently my husband, and why not... according to him!
When were you the happiest?
Being selected for the Rio Olympics and obviously getting married to the above gentleman.
What is your biggest fear?
Uncertainty
What was your first thought today?
Oh shit, it's really happening
What is your most annoying character trait?
Being right most of the time
Which trait do you dislike the most in other people?
Rudeness
What is your dearest possession?
at the moment a large supply of red wine and hand sanitiser
If you look into the future, what do you see?
For me personally I am about to embark on a really exciting change in my professional life but for the immediate future I feel great fear and sadness for what is going on in the world
What makes you unhappy?
Bad news
What is the love of your life?
Nature
What was the best choice you ever took in life?
Leaving school at 16 (with no qualifications)
What's your guilty pleasure?
Bread, cheese and wine
What do you owe your parents?
To one, everything and to the other, not a lot.
Who can sit next to you at your dream dinner table?
Queen Elizabeth II on my left and I wouldn’t have time for anyone on my right
What was the worst job you ever did?
I’ve been lucky enough to have never had a bad one
What was your biggest disappointment in life?
Not to be able to do the test I needed and wanted to do at the Europeans in 2017
What would you change if you can go back into the past?
To start wearing factor 30, before I hit 40 years old
Name one thing that would improve your quality of life?
At this moment in time, more hand sanitiser
What is your biggest achievement?
Being here
What is the most important life lesson you have learnt?
Be inquisitive
Where would you like to be right now?
Where I am
What's your favourite scent?
Jo Loves (any of them)
Which character would you dress up in for Halloween?
I’d put a sheet over my head
To whom would you like to say sorry?
No one. I always apologise when I need to
What does love feel like for you?
Warm
When are you most relaxed?
At home
What super power would you like to have?
To go back in time
When did you last cry, and why?
I cry all the time, at anything
When were you closest to death?
I came very close when I was nine. I was in a hotel in London with my mother and was approached by a man and a woman whilst I was on my own. They asked me to help them move some boxes and then took me out into the hotel garden. They started running and forced me to as well. Something in me went into survival mode and after about 20 metres I threw myself onto the floor and the man stopped and I thought he would pick me up but he turned and ran. Thankfully
How do you want to be remembered?
Just to be remembered would be enough
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