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Graziano Mancinelli (18 February 1937 – 8 October 1992) was an Italian
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rider.


Biography

He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1984 Olympics and won one gold and two bronze medals. He was initially banned from the 1964 Olympics, as he was considered a professional rider for the Milan horse-dealing company of Fratelli Rivolta, but the ban was lifted the day before the Olympics. Outside Olympics Mancinelli won a silver medal at the 1970 World Championships, a European title in 1963, and six national titles.


Awards

On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President of
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(CONI), Giovanni Malagò, was inaugurated in the Olympic Park of the
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in
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, along ''Viale delle Olimpiadi'', the
Walk of Fame of Italian sport Walk of Fame of Italian sport ( it, Walk of Fame dello sport italiano) is the Walk of Fame of the Italian sport, inaugurated by Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) on 7 May 2015. It is a list of 125 Italian all-time champions, which has been ...
, consisting of 100 tiles that chronologically report names of the most representative athletes in the history of Italian sport. On each tile are the name of the sportsman, the sport in which he distinguished himself and the symbol of CONI. One of these tiles is dedicated to Graziano Mancinelli.


See also

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Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame Walk of Fame of Italian sport ( it, Walk of Fame dello sport italiano) is the Walk of Fame of the Italian sport, inaugurated by Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) on 7 May 2015. It is a list of 125 Italian all-time champions, which has been ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mancinelli, Graziano 1937 births 1992 deaths Italian show jumping riders Olympic equestrians of Italy Italian male equestrians Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Equestrians at the 1964 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1968 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1976 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics