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Óscar Cristi

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Óscar Cristi
Medal record
Equestrian
Olympic Games
Representing  Chile
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Individual jumping
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team jumping
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place Mexico City 1955 Team jumping
Bronze medal – third place Chicago 1959 Team jumping

Óscar Cristi Gallo (June 29, 1916 – March 25, 1965) was a Chilean police officer and a successful show jumping rider from the late 1940s until the late 1960s.

In 1952 he won both individual and team Olympic silver medals. He was the first Chilean athlete to win two Olympic medals. The Chilean team jumping in 1952 was Óscar Cristi on Bambi, César Mendoza on Pillán and Ricardo Echeverría on Lindo Peal.

On March 25, 1965 he had a fatal car accident as he was about to retire from the post of Deputy Director-General of the Carabineros. In 1992 the riding school in Santiago operated by the Carabineros was renamed in his honor.

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