Raimondo D'Inzeo

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Raimondo D'Inzeo

Raimondo D'Inzeo (right on the horse)
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1925-02-08)8 February 1925
Rome, Italy
Died 15 November 2013(2013-11-15) (aged 88)
Rome, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Equestrian
Event(s) Show jumping
Club C.S. Carabinieri
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver 1956 Stockholm Individual jumping
Silver 1956 Stockholm Team jumping
Gold 1960 Rome Individual jumping
Bronze 1960 Rome Team jumping
Bronze 1964 Tokyo Team jumping
Bronze 1972 Munich Team jumping
World Championships
Silver 1955 Aachen Individual jumping
Gold 1956 Aachen Individual jumping
Gold 1960 Venice Individual jumping
Bronze 1966 B. Aires Individual jumping

Major Raimondo D'Inzeo (2 February 1925 – 15 November 2013) was a successful Italian show jumping rider from the late 1940s until the late 1970s.

Biography

D'Inzeo was Olympic champion and double World Champion. Together with his elder brother Piero D'Inzeo, they were the first athletes to compete in eight consecutive Olympic games, which they did from 1948–1976. Their point of glory was achieved in the Olympic Games in 1960, in Rome, when Raimondo won the gold medal and Piero won the silver medal in the Olympic show jumping final, the Grand Prix.

As an officer in the Carabinieri Cavalry Regiment he always wore a uniform when competing in tournaments. Against the irritable and aggressive temperament of Raimondo, Piero was more technical and calculating.

D'inzeo died on 15 November 2013.[1] He was 88.

Achievements

  • Olympic Games
    • 1956 Stockholm: Silver medal team and individual silver medal on Merano
    • 1960 Rome: Bronze medal team and individual gold medal on Posillipo
    • 1964 Tokyo: Bronze medal team on Posillipo
    • 1972 Munich: Bronze medal team on Fiorello II
  • World Championships
    • 1955 Aachen: Individual silver medal on Merano
    • 1956 Aachen: Individual gold medal on Merano
    • 1960 Venice: Individual gold medal on Gowran Girl
    • 1966 Buenos Aires: Individual bronze medal on Bowjak
  • International Grand Prix wins
    • 1956 Rome on Merano
    • 1957 Rome on Merano
    • 1963 Aachen[2] on Posillipo
    • 1968 Amsterdam[3] on Bellevue
    • 1969 Dublin[4] on Bellevue
    • 1971 Rome on Fiorello
    • 1974 Rome on Gone Away
    • 1975 Dublin on Bellevue

See also

References

  1. ↑ AP via Island Pocket, Italian equestrian champion dies
  2. ↑ - www.chioaachen.com - eng.
  3. ↑ - www.jumpingamsterdam.nl/en/history
  4. ↑ - www.dublinhorseshow.com/index

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Summer Olympics
Preceded by
Giuseppe Delfino		 Italy Flag bearer for Italy
1968 Mexico City 		Succeeded by
Abdon Pamich
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