Colonel Piero D'Inzeo (4 March 1923 – 13 February 2014) was an Italian

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rider, winner of six medals at the

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, and an officer in the Italian cavalry. He was born in

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With his younger brother Raimondo D'Inzeo, also an officer in the military (but of the

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), in the international arena they have been called the "invincible brothers" of Italian

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. They participated in numerous competitions in Italy and abroad. At the Olympic Games in 1960 in Rome, Raimondo won the gold medal and Piero the silver medal in the Grand Prix jump obstacles. They were the first athletes to compete in eight Olympic games, consistently from 1948 to 1976. Piero won 2 silver and 4 bronze Olympic medals. He also won the

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title in 1959. He died in February 2014, at the age of 90.

Achievements

*Olympic Games **1956

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: Silver medal team and individual bronze medal on ''Uruguay'' **1960 Rome: Bronze medal team and individual silver medal on ''The Rock'' **1964

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: Bronze medal team on ''Sun Beam'' **1972

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: Bronze medal team on ''Easter Light'' *European Championships **1958

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: Individual silver medal on ''The Rock'' **1959

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: Individual gold medal on ''Uruguay'' **1961

: Individual silver medal on ''The Rock'' **1962

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: Individual bronze medal on ''The Rock'' *International Grand Prix wins include: **1952 Aachen on ''Uruguay'' **1958 Rome on ''The Rock'' **1959 Aachen on ''The Rock'' **1961 Aachen on ''The Rock'' **1961

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on ''Sunbeam'' **1962 Rome on ''Sunbeam'' **1962

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/ref> **1965 Aachen on ''Bally Black'' **1967 Rome on ''Navarette'' **1968 Rome on ''Fidux'' **1970 Rome on ''Red Fox'' **1973 Rome on ''Easter Light'' **1976 Rome on ''Easter Light''

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