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
Born	18 February 1937 Milan, Italy
Died	8 October 1992 (aged 55) Concesio, Italy
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Equestrian
Medal record Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team jumping 1972 München Individual jumping 1972 München Team jumping World Championships 1970 La Baule Individual jumping European Championships 1959 Paris Individual jumping 1963 Rome Individual 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

• Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame