Paolo Angioni (born 22 January 1938) is an Italian former

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: *Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...

and Olympic champion. He competed in the mixed three-day

eventing Eventing (also known as three day eventing or horse trials) is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider combine and compete against other competitors across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. This ...

, individual and team, at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a team gold medal in 1964. In 1966, Angioni was crushed by his horse at a competition in Poland. He went into a

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, but recovered and continued to compete. In retirement he wrote several books on equestrian history and techniques.

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* 1938 births Living people Olympic equestrians for Italy Italian male equestrians Equestrians at the 1964 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Italian event riders Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cagliari {{Italy-equestrian-bio-stub