BOUND BROOK, N.J. — Frank Chapot's greatest joy was competing for his country — something he did six times in the Olympics as a champion show jumper and then as a coach for the U.S. Equestrian Team. Chapot died early Monday morning at 84, according to Wendy Chapot Nunn, his daughter.
Chapot had many firsts. At the 1956 Olympics in Stockholm, he was the youngest rider on the U.S. Equestrian Team . At the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Chapot, with his wife, Mary Mairs Chapot, became the first husband-wife combination to ride for the U.S. And it was Chapot who led the U.