Andrea Degortes, known as Aceto (born May 1, 1943 in
Olbia
Olbia (, ; sc, Terranoa; sdn, Tarranoa) is a city and commune of 60,346 inhabitants (May 2018) in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, in the historical region of Gallura. Called ''Olbia'' in the Roman age, ...
,
Italy
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), is a retired
Italian
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Palio
Palio is the name given in Italy to an annual athletic contest, very often of a historical character, pitting the neighbourhoods of a town or the hamlets of a ''comune'' against each other. Typically, they are fought in costume and commemorate som ...
jockey, and the modern-day record holder for greatest number of wins in the
Palio di Siena
The Palio di Siena (; known locally simply as ''Il Palio''), from Latin pallium,
plural form: Palii, is a horse race that is held twice each year, on 2 July and 16 August, in Siena, Italy. Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the ...
with 14 victories between 1965 and 1992.
Palio Victories
* 2 July 1965 - winning for Contrade Dell' Aquila
* 16 August 1968 - winning for Contrade Dell' Oca
* 21 September 1969 - winning for Contrade Dell' Oca
* 2 July 1972 - winning for Contrade Della Tartuca
* 17 September 1972 - winning for Contrade Dell' Istrice
* 16 August 1974 - winning for Contrade Della Selva
* 16 August 1975 - winning for Contrade Della Chioccciola
* 16 August 1976 - winning for Contrade Della Civetta
* 16 August 1977 - winning for Contrade Dell' Oca
* 16 August 1979 - winning for Contrade Dell' Aquila
* 16 August 1980 - winning for Contrade Della Leocorno
* 2 July 1984 - winning for Contrade Dell' Oca
* 2 July 1985 - winning for Contrade Dell' Oca
* 3 July 1992 - winning for Contrade Dell' Aquila
References
Italian jockeys
People from Olbia
1943 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Sardinia
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