Piero D'Inzeo
Piero D'Inzeo (born March 4, 1923 in Rome ; † February 13, 2014 there ) was an Italian show jumper who was active from the late 1940s to the late 1970s.
Together with his younger brother Raimondo , he was the first athlete to take part in eight Olympic Games , from 1948 to 1976. To this day, he is one of the athletes who have participated in the most Olympic games and has won two silver and four bronze medals.
D'Inzeo's greatest success was winning the European Championship in 1959.
successes
- Olympic games
- 1956 in Stockholm : team silver medal, individual bronze medal in Uruguay
- 1960 in Rome : bronze medal team, silver medal individual on The Rock
- 1964 in Tokyo : bronze medal team Sun Beam
- 1972 in Munich : Bronze medal team on Easter Light
- European Championships :
- Further:
- 4 × winner of the Grand Prix of Aachen (1952 in Uruguay , 1959 and 1961 in The Rock and 1965 in Bally Black )
Web links
Commons : Piero D'Inzeo - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Biography (spanish)
- Piero D'Inzeo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Former show jumper Piero D'Inzeo died , accessed on February 13, 2014
- ↑ Database on the IOC homepage August 2006
- ↑ CHIO Aachen August 2006
- ↑ Sports123.com August 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | D'Inzeo, Piero |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian show jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 2014 |
| Place of death | Rome |