Luca Roman

{{short description|Italian equestrian}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name=Luca Roman |image= |caption= |birth_date={{birth date and age|1985|12|10|df=y}} |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |show-medals=yes |medaltemplates= }} '''Luca Roman''' (born 10 December 1985) is an Italian Olympic [[eventing]] rider.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.fei.org/bios/Person/10004836/ROMAN_Luca| title = Luca Roman| publisher = fei.org | accessdate= 11 September 2016}}</ref> He competed at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]] where he finished 40th in the [[Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing|individual]] and 9th in the [[Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Team eventing|team]] competition.

Roman also participated at the [[2015 European Eventing Championships]], where he placed 6th with the Italian team in the team event and finished 15th individually.

His brother [[Pietro Roman|Pietro]] also participated at the 2016 Olympics. They became the second set of Roman brothers that represented Italy at the Olympics, as their father [[Federico Roman|Federico]] and their uncle [[Mauro Roman|Mauro]] were part of the Italian eventing squad that took team silver at the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Games]] in [[Moscow]]. Federico also won an individual gold at the Games.<ref>{{cite news|title=Italy Names Eventing Team for Rio Olympics|url=http://eventingnation.com/italy-names-eventing-team-for-rio-olympics/|publisher=Eventing Nation|date=18 July 2016|accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref>

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