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Giovanni Giorgio Trissino (22 July 1877 – 22 December 1963) was an Italian
horse rider Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting. This broad description includes the ...
who won the first gold medal af the history for
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at the
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Biography

In Paris he tied to the gold medal in the high jump event with
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and was fourth in the same competition with a different horse. He also won a silver medal in the long jump event.


The history of the Caprilli substitution

At the Summer Olympic Games in Paris 1900, in both competitions he won the two medals on the saddle of Oreste, a horse that was initially due to the great
Federico Caprilli Captain Federico Caprilli (8 April 1868 - 6 December 1907) was an Italian cavalry officer and equestrian who revolutionized the jumping seat. His position, now called the "forward seat," formed the modern-day technique used by all jumping riders ...
, his teacher, who, after sending his horses to
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, was recalled by a telegram from the
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that forbade the expatriation to the military in career following the dissolution of the Chambers. This situation evidently was not well communicated to the judges of the race and this led to confusion to the point that in some books of gold it was erroneously indicated Caprilli in place of Trissino. According to some reconstructions Caprilli could indeed have reached
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in disguise from
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to complete the preparation of his horses, giving rise to fictional voices related to his active participation in competitions.


Awards

On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President of
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(CONI),
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, was inaugurated in the
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of the
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in
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, along ''Viale delle Olimpiadi'', the Walk of Fame of Italian sport, 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. The first tile is dedicated to Gian Giorgio Trissino precisely because of the conquest of the first Italian Olympic medal.


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:Trissino, Giovanni 1877 births 1963 deaths Italian male equestrians Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic equestrians of Italy Equestrians at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Vicenza