Riccardo De Luca (born 22 March 1986) is an Italian

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...

. De Luca is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.

Biography

He won a team gold medal at the 2012 World Championships and placed nine and fifth at the

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and

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Olympics, respectively. De Luca took up pentathlon in 1999. He works as a police officer.

References

1986 births Living people Italian male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Italy Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rome World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists Modern pentathletes of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub