Raimondo D'Inzeo

Raimondo D'Inzeo and his brother, Piero, were the first Olympians to compete in eight Olympic Games, a mark since equaled by only five Olympians and later bettered only by Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl and Canadian horseman Ian Millar, who competed in nine. D'Inzeo's participation was continuous between 1948 and 1976. During that time he won six Olympic medals including an individual show jumping gold in 1960 at Rome. At Rome, the silver medalist was Raimondo's older brother, Piero. Raimondo D'Inzeo's other medals were silvers in 1956 in both the individual and team jumping event, and team bronzes in 1960, 1964, and 1972. In addition, D'Inzeo was the world individual jumping champion in both 1956 and 1960, and a silver medalist in that event in 1955 and bronze medalist in 1966. He won eight International Grand Prix events. He was a career officer in the Italian cavalry and always rode in military uniform.