Raimondo D'Inzeo

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 until the late 1970s. He was Olympic champion and two-time world champion. Together with his brother Piero, he was the first athlete who has participated in eight Olympic Games, consistently from 1948 to 1976. He is still one of the athletes with the most Olympic appearances at all.

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

Achievements

  • Olympic games 1956 in Stockholm: Silver medal team silver medal on Merano Single
  • Rome 1960: Bronze medal team, gold medal single on Posillipo
  • 1964 Tokyo: Bronze medal team at Posillipo
  • 1972 Munich: Bronze medal team at Fiorello II
Show jumping List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics 1960 Summer Olympics 1964 Summer Olympics World championship 1955 Aachen 1966 List of Olympic medalists in equestrian Jacques Cariou Alphonse Gemuseus Kurt Hasse William Steinkraus Graziano Mancinelli Jan Kowalczyk Pierre Durand, Jr. Ludger Beerbaum Ulrich Kirchhoff Jeroen Dubbeldam Rodrigo Pessoa Eric Lamaze Steve Guerdat David Broome Hartwig Steenken Gerhard Wiltfang Gail Greenough Franke Sloothaak Dermott Lennon Jos Lansink 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games Integrated Authority File
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