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Equestrian At The 1956 Summer Olympics – Individual Jumping
The individual show jumping at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place on 17 June, at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. The event was open to men and women, with two women competing. It was the 10th appearance of the event. There were 66 competitors from 24 nations, with each nation able to send a team of up to three riders and the team and individual events sharing results. The event was won by Hans Günter Winkler of the United Team of Germany, a victory in the debut for that nation though Germany had won in 1936. Brothers Raimondo D'Inzeo and Piero D'Inzeo took silver and bronze, respectively, the first medals for Italy in individual jumping since 1924. Background This was the 10th appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been held at every Summer Olympics at which equestrian sports have been featured (that is, excluding 1896, 1904, and 1908). It is the oldest event on the current programme, the only one that was held in 1900. Five of ...
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Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Stockholm Olympic Stadium ( sv, Stockholms Olympiastadion), most often called Stockholms stadion or (especially locally) simply Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912; its original use was as a venue for the 1912 Olympic Games. At the 1912 Games, it hosted athletics, some equestrian and football matches, gymnastics, the running part of the modern pentathlon, tug of war, and wrestling events. It has a capacity of 13,145–14,500 depending on usage and a capacity of nearly 33,000 for concerts. Overview The Stadium was the home ground for association football team Djurgårdens IF for many decades, until the more modern Tele2 Arena was inaugurated in 2013. Djurgårdens IF still has offices in the Stadium building. In 1956, when Melbourne hosted the Olympics, the equestrian competitions were held here due to quarantine rules in Australia. In 1958 the stadium was the venue of the European Athletics Championships. Finland-S ...
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Eloy De Menezes
Eloy de Menezes (24 November 1910 – 13 December 1995) was a Brazilian equestrian. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References External links * 1910 births 1995 deaths Brazilian male equestrians Olympic equestrians for Brazil Equestrians at the 1948 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1952 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{Brazil-equestrian-bio-stub ...
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Saing Pen
Saing Pen (born 6 July 1926) was a Cambodian equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: * Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i .... He competed in the individual jumping event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1926 births Possibly living people Cambodian male equestrians Olympic equestrians for Cambodia Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{Cambodia-equestrian-bio-stub ...
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Brigitte Schockaert
Brigitte Schockaert (born 23 June 1933) is a Belgian equestrian. She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1933 births Living people Belgian female equestrians Olympic equestrians for Belgium Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1960 Summer Olympics People from Zottegem Sportspeople from East Flanders 20th-century Belgian women {{Belgium-equestrian-bio-stub ...
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Pat Smythe
Patricia Rosemary "Pat" Smythe, OBE (22 November 1928 – 27 February 1996) was a British show jumper. She competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics, winning a team bronze medal in 1956. She served as president of the British Show Jumping Association in 1983–86, and as vice-president ion 1987–96. She also wrote many books on equestrian themes, largely for children. Early years Pat Smythe was the last of three children, the other two being Dicky and Ronald Smythe. Dicky died from pneumonia at the age of four. Her parents were Eric Hamilton Smythe and Frances Monica Curtoys, who were born in the early 1900s. She was born in East Sheen, and at the age of 10 moved to Cotswolds. Later she was a boarder at Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth. Pat nearly died from diphtheria when she was five. Although she recovered fully, it meant that she had to learn to walk again. Hardship and suffering were to feature predominantly throughout her professional and personal life. Her ...
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Paco Goyoaga
Paco Goyoaga (16 May 1920 – 25 May 1980) was a Spanish equestrian. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1920 births 1980 deaths Spanish male equestrians Olympic equestrians of Spain Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1960 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Madrid {{Spain-equestrian-bio-stub ...
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Wilfred White (equestrian)
Wilfred White OBE (30 March 1904 – 21 November 1995) was an English equestrian from the United Kingdom and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the British team at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ... in Helsinki. References External links * 1905 births 1995 deaths British male equestrians Olympic equestrians for Great Britain English Olympic medallists Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Equestrians at the 1952 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{UK-equestrian-bio-stub ...
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Fritz Thiedemann
Fritz Thiedemann (; 3 March 1918 – 8 January 2000) was a German equestrian, considered to be one of the greatest show jumpers of his time. Biography Thiedemann was born as the son of a farmer. His riding talents became clear at a young age, but he could not display them internationally until after World War II. During the war, Theidemann commanded a cavalry unit and was captured and interred at a Russian prison camp by war's end. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Thiedemann won medals in two equestrian disciplines, a feat since unequalled. He placed third in the dressage team event, and won another bronze medal in the individual jumping contest with his favourite horse ''Meteor'', with which he would win all major prizes in his career. The following year, Thiedemann won a jumping silver at the World Championships in Paris. Winning another medal (bronze) in that event in 1956 in Aachen. That same year, he won a gold medal with the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Olympics ...
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Hans Günter Winkler
Hans Günter Winkler (; 24 July 1926 – 9 July 2018) was a German show jumper. He is the only show jumper to have won five Olympic gold medals and a total of seven Olympic medals, and to compete and win medals in six different Olympic Games. In the 1950s and 1960s Winkler was one of Germany's most popular athletes. Career Winkler was born in Barmen, today part of Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the son of a riding teacher. His father, Paul Winkler, died as a soldier during the last week of World War II. The boy was drafted as a ''Flakhelfer'' and was a prisoner of war for a short time. The house of his mother in Frankfurt was destroyed by bombing. He made money, to support his mother and himself, as a groom in the stable of the Landgravine of Hesse in Kronberg im Taunus. He was also a riding teacher of the Americans who occupied the area. He began an apprenticeship in a textile store in Frankfurt in 1948. Winkler participated in show jumping competitions and won f ...
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Pierre Jonquères D'Oriola
Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola (1 February 1920 – 19 July 2011) was a French equestrian who competed in show jumping. He is the only person to win two individual Olympic gold medals in this discipline. Biography D'Oriola's first gold medal was won at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, on the French gelding ''Ali Baba'', and his second gold at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, riding the French gelding ''Lutteur B''. Also in Tokyo, with Janous Lefevre and Guy Lefrant, again riding ''Lutteur B'', he earned a team silver medal in jumping. In Mexico City, 1968, on ''Nagir'', with teammates Lefevre and Jean Marcel Rozier, he acquired another silver in team jumping. At the 1953 Show Jumping World Championships, in Paris, d'Oriola (on Ali Baba) took a bronze medal in the individual competition. In 1954, at Madrid, on Arlequin, he gained a silver in the individual competition. D'Oriola, riding Pomone B, was the gold medal World Champion in show jumping at Buenos Aires in 1966. He ...
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