Piero D'Inzeo

Piero D'Inzeo

Piero D'Inzeo (left on the horse)
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1923-03-04)4 March 1923 Rome, Italy
Died	13 February 2014(2014-02-13) (aged 90) Rome, Italy
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Equestrian
Event(s)	Show jumping
Club	C.S. Carabinieri
Medal record Olympic Games Bronze 1956 Stockholm Individual jumping Silver 1956 Stockholm Team jumping Silver 1960 Rome Individual jumping Bronze 1960 Rome Team jumping Bronze 1964 Tokyo Team jumping Bronze 1972 Munich Team jumping European Championships Silver 1958 Aachen Individual jumping Gold 1959 Paris Individual jumping Silver 1961 Aachen Individual jumping Bronze 1962 London Individual jumping

Colonel Piero D'Inzeo (4 March 1923 – 13 February 2014) was an Italian show jumping rider, winner of six medals at the Olympic Games, and an officer in the Italian cavalry. He was born in Rome.

Biography

With his younger brother Raimondo D'Inzeo, also an officer in the military (but of the Carabinieri), in the international arena they have been called the brothers invincible equestrianism Italian. They participated in numerous competitions in Italy and abroad. At the Olympic Games in 1960 in Rome, Raimondo won the gold medal and Piero the silver medal in the Grand Prix jump obstacles. They were the first athletes to compete in eight Olympic games, consistently from 1948-1976. Piero won 2 silver and 4 bronze Olympic medals. He also won the European Championship title in 1959.

He died in February 2014, at the age of 90.^[1]

Achievements

• Olympic Games
  • 1956 Stockholm: Silver medal team and individual bronze medal on Uruguay
  • 1960 Rome: Bronze medal team and individual silver medal on The Rock
  • 1964 Tokyo: Bronze medal team on Sun Beam
  • 1972 Munich: Bronze medal team on Easter Light
• European Championships
  • 1958 Aachen: Individual silver medal on The Rock
  • 1959 Paris: Individual gold medal on Uruguay
  • 1961 Aachen: Individual silver medal on The Rock
  • 1962 London: Individual bronze medal on The Rock

• International Grand Prix wins include:
  • 1952 Aachen^[2] on Uruguay
  • 1958 Rome on The Rock
  • 1959 Aachen on The Rock
  • 1961 Aachen on The Rock
  • 1961 Amsterdam^[3] on Sunbeam
  • 1962 Rome on Sunbeam
  • 1962 Dublin^[4]
  • 1965 Aachen on Bally Black
  • 1967 Rome on Navarette
  • 1968 Rome on Fidux
  • 1970 Rome on Red Fox
  • 1973 Rome on Easter Light
  • 1976 Rome on Easter Light

References

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piero D'Inzeo.

• Piero D'Inzeo at Sports Reference

1948 Italy Olympic Equestrianism Team Jumping Alessandro Bettoni Cazzago Gerardo Conforti Piero D'Inzeo Eventing Fabio Mangilli Raimondo D'Inzeo Eugenio Monterosso

1952 Italy Olympic Equestrianism Team Jumping Raimondo D'Inzeo Salvatore Oppes Eventing Piero D'Inzeo Lucio Manzin Salvatore Oppes

1956 Italy Olympic Equestrianism Team Jumping Raimondo D'Inzeo Piero D'Inzeo Salvatore Oppes Eventing Giancarlo Gutierrez Adriano Capuzzo Giuseppe Molinari

1960 Italy Olympic Equestrianism Team Jumping Raimondo D'Inzeo Piero D'Inzeo Salvatore Oppes Eventing Lucio Tasca Ludovico Nava Giovanni Grignolo Alessandro Argenton

1964 Italy Olympic Equestrianism Team Jumping Raimondo D'Inzeo Piero D'Inzeo Graziano Mancinelli Eventing Mauro Checcoli Paolo Angioni Giuseppe Ravano Alessandro Argenton

1968 Italy Olympic Equestrianism Team Jumping Raimondo D'Inzeo Piero D'Inzeo Graziano Mancinelli Eventing Mauro Checcoli Paolo Angioni Giuseppe Ravano Alessandro Argenton

1972 Italy Olympic Equestrianism Team Jumping Raimondo D'Inzeo Piero D'Inzeo Graziano Mancinelli Vittorio Orlandi Eventing Stefano Angioni Mario Turner Dino Costantini Alessandro Argenton

1976 Italy Olympic Equestrianism Team Jumping Raimondo D'Inzeo Piero D'Inzeo Graziano Mancinelli Giorgio Nuti Eventing Federico Roman Mario Turner Giovanni Bossi Alessandro Argenton Dressage Fausto Puccini