![]() Piero D'Inzeo (left on the horse) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rome, Italy | 4 March 1923||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 February 2014 Rome, Italy | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Show jumping | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | C.S. Carabinieri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colonel Piero D'Inzeo (4 March 1923 – 13 February 2014) was an Italian show jumping rider, winner of six medals at the Olympic Games, and an officer in the Italian cavalry. He was born in Rome.
Biography
[edit]With his younger brother Raimondo D'Inzeo, also an officer in the military (but of the Carabinieri), in the international arena they have been called the "invincible brothers" of Italian equestrianism. They participated in numerous competitions in Italy and abroad. At the Olympic Games in 1960 in Rome, Raimondo won the gold medal and Piero the silver medal in the Grand Prix jump obstacles. They were the first athletes to compete in eight Olympic games, consistently from 1948 to 1976. Piero won 2 silver and 4 bronze Olympic medals. He also won the European Championship title in 1959.
He died in February 2014, at the age of 90.[1]
Achievements
[edit]- Olympic Games
- European Championships
- International Grand Prix wins include:
- 1952 Aachen[2] on Uruguay
- 1958 Rome on The Rock
- 1959 Aachen on The Rock
- 1961 Aachen on The Rock
- 1961 Amsterdam[3] on Sunbeam
- 1962 Rome on Sunbeam
- 1962 Dublin[4]
- 1965 Aachen on Bally Black
- 1967 Rome on Navarette
- 1968 Rome on Fidux
- 1970 Rome on Red Fox
- 1973 Rome on Easter Light
- 1976 Rome on Easter Light
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Morto Piero D'Inzeo, oggi camera ardente al Coni (in Italian)
- ^ - www.chioaachen.com - eng. Archived 19 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ - www.jumpingamsterdam.nl/en/history Archived 21 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ - www.dublinhorseshow.com/index
External links
[edit]- Piero D'Inzeo at Olympedia
- Piero D'Inzeo at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)