Legendary showjumper Raimondo D’Inzeo dies at 88
Italian showjumping legend Raimondo D’Inzeo died at his abode inward Rome on Fri at the historic current of 88.
D’Inzeo became a national hero when he won the showjumping gilt medal at the 1960 Olympic games inward Rome, riding Posillipo. He was an officeholder inward the Italian cavalry together with he together with his elderberry blood brother Piero became the showtime athletes to compete inward viii Olympic Games, from 1948-1976.
D’Inzeo also won ii silvery medals together with iii bronzes at the Olympics. He was also flag bearer for Italy at the Games inward United Mexican U.S.A. City inward 1968.
As good every bit his Olympic success, he was also an private medalist inward 4 World Championships. In 1955 he won silvery on Merano at Aachen, together with the next yr at the same venue, won gilt on the same horse. He won gilt inward 1960 inward Venice with Gowran Girl ahead of his blood brother Piero who won silver, together with inward 1966 won bronze on Bowjak.
Born on Feb 2, 1925, inward Poggio Mirteto, northward of Rome, Raimondo d’Inzeo was the boy of renowned equestrian Carlo Costante d’Inzeo, main teacher inward Piemonte Reale, the Royal Piemontese Dragoons, the smartest regiment inward the Italian cavalry, together with subsequently dean of the equestrian faculty of the Italian sports academy La Farnesina inward Rome.
Raimondo d’Inzeo took upwardly riding at the historic current of 10 together with became thus scared when he was showtime on horseback that his begetter told him to piece of employment out the arena. “But together with thus at abode every eve Piero together with Papà were ever chatting close horses together with riding that I felt excluded,” he recalled inward an interview, “so I decided it was worth giving horses a 2d adventure – together with fortunately I did!”
In 1950, Raimondo d’Inzeo joined the Arma dei Carabinieri, the Italian state of war machine police. He bore the championship of General at the minute of his death.
He was a founding fellow member together with erstwhile President of the International Jumping Riders Club (IJRC), which was created inward June 1977.
Earlier this yr inward May, Raimondo D’Inzeo was with recipients of a particular observe mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of the dell’AONI – Italian Olympic Academy. The observe was made inward the Hall of Honor of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) past times dell’AONI President, Mauro Checcoli, a erstwhile president of the Italian Equestrian Federation (FISE); together with CONI president Giovanni Malagò. Current FISE President Antonella Dallari was also inward attendance. She was thrilled that at that spot was an equestrian instance at the ceremony, “thanks to Raimondo D’Inzeo”. “The promise is to meet equestrian sports represented 1 time to a greater extent than inward the futurity inward high-profile ceremonies.”
D’Inzeo’s passing has had a major behaviour upon on the Italian sporting world, with Olympic Committee (CONI) president Giovanni Malago declaring a minute’s quiet earlier all sporting events inward the solid seat down on Sabbatum together with Sunday.
“Raimondo d’Inzeo was a truthful icon, together with 1 of the most successful horsemen of all time,” FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos said. “He was a particular variety of passenger who could win every type of class, from Grands Prix to Puissance to speed classes, together with he had incredible success with thus many dissimilar horses. He was a truthful horseman together with he volition live real sadly missed.”
The FEI expresses its sincere condolences to Raimondo d’Inzeo’s married adult woman Giuliana, his blood brother Piero together with the wider d’Inzeo family, to his extensive circle of friends together with the global Jumping community.
D’Inzeo’s trunk lay inward province at the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) committee’s headquarters until his funeral on Monday, Nov 18 at the quaternary Mounted Carabinieri Regiment inward Rome’s Viale Tor di Quinto, which was attended past times hundreds of people including representatives of the Italian authorities, media, friends together with his 90-year old blood brother Piero.
Raimondo d’Inzeo is survived past times his wife Giuliana, together with his blood brother Piero.
Below: Raimondo d’Inzeo talks close the 1960 Rome Olympics, addition color footage from the competition.
Updated Nov 19, 2013
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