- Raimondo D'Inzeo
Major Raimondo D'Inzeo (born
February 2 1925 inPoggio Mirteto ) was a successful Italianshow jumping rider from the late 1940s until the late 1970s.He was Olympic champion and double World Champion. Together with his elder brother
Piero D'Inzeo , they were the first athletes, to compete in eight Olympic games, namely consistently from 1948-1976. Their point of glory was achieved in the Olympic Games in 1960, inRome , when Raimondo won the gold medal and Piero won the silver medal in the Olympic show jumping final, the Grand Prix.As an officer of the Italian cavalry he always rode in tournaments in their uniforms.
The irritant and aggressive temperament of Raimondo, Piero was more technical and more calculating.
Major achievements
*Olympic Games
**1956Stockholm : Silver medal team and individual silver medal on "Merano"
**1960Rome : Bronze medal team and individual gold medal on "Posillipo"
**1964Tokyo : Bronze medal team on "Posillipo"
**1972Munich : Bronze medal team on "Fiorello II"
*World Championships
**1955Aachen : Individual silver medal on "Merano"
**1956Aachen : Individual gold medal on "Merano"
**1960Venice : Individual gold medal on "Gowran Girl"
**1966Buenos Aires : Individual bronze medal on "Bowjak"*International Grand Prix wins
**1956 Rome on "Merano"
**1957 Rome on "Merano"
**1963 Aachen [ [http://www.chioaachen.com/default_e.asp| - www.chioaachen.com - eng.] ] on "Posilipo"
**1968Amsterdam [ [http://www.jumpingamsterdam.nl/en/history| - www.jumpingamsterdam.nl/en/history] ] on "Bellevue"
**1969Dublin [ [http://www.dublinhorseshow.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=35| - www.dublinhorseshow.com/index] ] on "Bellevue"
**1971 Rome on "Fiorello"
**1974 Rome on "Gone Away"
**1975 Dublin on "Bellevue"References
References
*d'Inzeo, Raimondo; Aloisio, Henny; Hess, Gretel: Mein Leben mit Pferden ISBN B0000BJTF9
* [http://www.holsteiner-pferdemarkt.de/html/weltmeisterschaft_springreiten.html World Show Jumping Championships results 1953 - 2000]External links
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=25085 (EN, FR) Profile of Raimondo D'Inzeo on the site of the International Olympic Committee]
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