Nelson Pessoa
| Nelson Pessoa medal table |
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 Nelson Pessoa with general at the CHIO Rotterdam (1968) |
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| silver | 1965 | Single with Gran gesture |
| gold | 1966 | Single with Gran gesture |
Nelson Pessoa Filho (born December 16, 1935 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a former Brazilian show jumper .
biography
He is the son of a real estate agent and has lived in Europe since 1961 , now near Brussels .
In addition to his participation in five Olympic Games and nine world championships , his greatest successes include seven victories in the traditional German jumping derby in Hamburg - Klein Flottbek . This makes him the record winner of this competition and the first participant who managed to win the German Jumping Derby three years in a row with the same horse. He also recorded two victories in the Aachen Grand Prix and three victories in the English jumping derby in Hickstead .
He has been the only non-European European champion since 1966, as non-Europeans were also allowed to compete in this championship until this year.
His son Rodrigo is also an internationally successful show jumper.
successes
- European Championship:
- 1965 in Aachen : Silver medal single on Gran Geste
- 1966 in Lucerne : Gold medal individual on Gran Geste
- Further:
- 2 × winner of the Grand Prix of Aachen (1964 on Gran Geste and 1972 on Nagir )
- 7 × winner of the German Jumping Derby in Hamburg (1962 on Espartaco , 1963, 1965 and 1968 each on Gran Geste , 1992, 1993 and 1994 each on Vivaldi )
Web links
- Portrait of Nelson on Rodrigo's official website
- portrait
- Nelson Pessoa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
swell
- ^ Winner CSIO Aachen , accessed on March 6, 2015
- ↑ www.sport-komplett.de May 2006
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pessoa, Nelson |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pessoa Filho, Nelson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian show jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro |