Emanuele Beraudo, Conte di Pralormo (13 July 1887 – 11 October 1960) was an Italian

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who competed in the

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. He was born and died in

Pralormo Pralormo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, about 25 km southeast of Turin. Pralormo borders the following municipalities: Poirino, Cellarengo, Montà, Ceresole Alba, Santo Ste ...

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.Emanuele Beraudo, Count Di Pralormo
''Sports Reference LLC'', accessed 6 December 2008. He also served as a general in the

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during

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Biography

In 1924, Beraudo and his horse Mount Félix won the bronze medal in the team eventing competitionBryant, Jennifer (2000), ''Olympic Equestrian'', p. 143, The Blood Horse, Inc., after finishing 17th in the individual eventing. He also participated in the individual jumping event with his horse Sido, but they were eliminated. The other three Italian riders finished fifth in the team jumping event.

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* * * * 1887 births 1960 deaths Equestrians at the 1924 Summer Olympics Italian event riders Italian show jumping riders Italian generals Italian military personnel of World War I Italian military personnel of World War II Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic equestrians of Italy Italian male equestrians Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Turin Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Gold Medal of Military Valor {{Italy-equestrian-bio-stub