Graziano Mancinelli

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

Graziano Mancinelli
Mancinelli on Rockette in 1963
Personal information
Born18 February 1937
Milan, Italy
Died8 October 1992 (aged 55)
Concesio, Italy
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportEquestrian
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Team jumping
1972 München Individual jumping
1972 München Team jumping
World Championships
1970 La BauleIndividual jumping
European Championships
1959 ParisIndividual jumping
1963 RomeIndividual jumping
Mancinelli on a stamp of Umm al-Quwain

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.[1]

Awards

On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President of Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), Giovanni Malagò, was inaugurated in the Olympic Park of the Foro Italico in Rome, 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. One of these tiles is dedicated to Graziano Mancinelli.[2]

See also

References
  1. Graziano Mancinelli Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. "Inaugurata la Walk of Fame: 100 targhe per celebrare le leggende dello sport italiano" (in Italian). coni.it. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
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