Raimondo D'Inzeo

Raimondo D'Inzeo (1976)

Raimondo D'Inzeo (born February 2, 1925 in Poggio Mirteto , Italy ; † November 15, 2013 ) was a successful Italian show jumper who was active from the late 1940s to the late 1970s.

Life

He was an Olympic champion and two-time world champion. Together with his brother Piero , he was the first athlete to take part in eight Olympic Games from 1948 to 1976. This makes him one of the athletes with the most Olympic participations to this day.

As an officer of the Italian Carabinieri on horseback, he always rode in their uniform at tournaments .

successes

• Olympic games
  • 1956 in Stockholm : silver medal team, silver medal individual on Merano
  • 1960 in Rome : bronze medal team, gold medal individual on Posillipo
  • 1964 in Tokyo : bronze medal team on Posillipo
  • 1972 in Munich : bronze medal team on Fiorello II
• World Championship
  • 1955 in Aachen : individual silver medal on Merano
  • 1956 in Aachen: Gold medal singles on Merano
  • 1960 in Venice : Gold medal singles on Gowran Girl
  • 1966 in Buenos Aires : bronze medal on bowjak

literature

• Raimondo D'Inzeo: My life with horses . Copress-Verlag, Munich 1960

Web links

Commons : Raimondo D'Inzeo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Raimondo D'Inzeo in the catalog of the German National Library

supporting documents

1. ↑ Italian show jumping Olympic champion D'Inzeo dies ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 16, 2013