Luca Roman (born 10 December 1985) is an Italian Olympic eventing rider. He competed at the

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where he finished 40th in the

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and 9th in the

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competition. Roman also participated at the

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, where he placed 6th with the Italian team in the team event and finished 15th individually. His brother

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also participated at the 2016 Olympics. They became the second set of Roman brothers that represented Italy at the Olympics, as their father

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and their uncle Mauro were part of the Italian eventing squad that took team silver at the 1980 Games in

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. Federico also won an individual gold at the Games.

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Living people 1985 births Italian male equestrians Italian event riders Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Italy {{Italy-equestrian-bio-stub