Pietro Roman (born 20 September 1989) is an Italian Olympic eventing rider. He competed at the

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where he finished 23rd in the

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and 9th in the

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competition. Romam is an athlete of the

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Biography

Roman also participated at the

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, where he placed 6th with the Italian team in the team event. 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.

References

Living people 1989 births Italian male equestrians Italian event riders Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Italy Equestrians of Fiamme Oro {{Italy-equestrian-bio-stub