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Piero D'Inzeo

Piero D'Inzeo
Piero and Raimondo D'Inzeo with Antonio Gutierrez.jpg
Piero D'Inzeo (left on the horse)
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1923-03-04)4 March 1923
Rome, Italy
Died 13 February 2014(2014-02-13) (aged 90)
Rome, Italy
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
Sport Equestrian
Event(s) Show jumping
Club C.S. Carabinieri

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.

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 1948-1976. 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.


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