Ramiro Quintana (born 7 March 1977) is an Argentine Olympic
show jumping
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rider. He competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Brazil
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, where he finished 40th in the
individual
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and 10th in the
team competition and participated at the
2015 Pan American Games
Fifteen or 15 may refer to:
*15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16
*one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015
Music
*Fifteen (band), a punk rock band
Albums
* ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005
* ''15'' (Ani Lorak alb ...
, where he won a team silver and placed 39th individually.
Personal life
In December 2013, Ramiro Quintana became a father when his then-girlfriend
Georgina Bloomberg
Georgina Leigh Bloomberg (born January 20, 1983) is the owner of the equestrian team New York Empire, a professional equestrian, and a philanthropist. She is the daughter of Susan Brown and Michael Bloomberg – former New York City mayor, found ...
gave birth to a son, Jasper Michael Brown Quintana. He is not involved in the day-to-day raising of his son.
References
Living people
1977 births
Argentine male equestrians
Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic equestrians of Argentina
Equestrians at the 2015 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
Pan American Games medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
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