# Paolo Angioni

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Italian equestrian (1938–2025)

Paolo Angioni Angioni in 1968 Personal information Nationality Italian Born (1938-01-22)22 January 1938 Cagliari, Italy Died 17 August 2025(2025-08-17) (aged 87) Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 64 kg (141 lb) Sport Sport Equestrianism Event Eventing Club CEPIM Passo Corese

**Paolo Angioni** (22 January 1938 – 17 August 2025) was an Italian [equestrian](/source/Equestrianism) and Olympic champion. He competed in the mixed three-day [eventing](/source/Eventing), individual and team, at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a team gold medal in 1964. In 1966, Angioni was crushed by his horse at a competition in Poland. He went into a coma, but recovered and continued to compete. In retirement he wrote several books on equestrian history and techniques.[1]

Angioni died on 17 August 2025, at the age of 87.[2]

## Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes 1964 Olympic Games Tokyo 11th Individual eventing 1st Team eventing

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Paolo Angioni"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012819/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/paolo-angioni-1.html). sports-reference.com. Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/paolo-angioni-1.html) on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Addio a Paolo Angioni, Campione olimpico di Tokyo '64"](https://www.cavallo2000.it/article/addio-a-paolo-angioni-campione-olimpico-di-tokyo-64). *cavallo2000.it* (in Italian). 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.

## External links

- [Paolo Angioni](https://www.fei.org/athlete/10184703) at [FEI](/source/International_Federation_for_Equestrian_Sports)

- [Paolo Angioni](https://www.fei.org/bios/Person/10184703) at FEI (alternative link)

- [Paolo Angioni](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/paolo-angioni) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Paolo Angioni](https://www.coni.it/it/italia-team/olimpiadi/scheda_atleta/medagliato/1268:.html) at the [Italian National Olympic Committee](/source/Italian_National_Olympic_Committee) (in Italian)

- [Paolo Angioni](https://www.coni.it/it/attivita-istituzionali/onorificenze/home/benemerenzedettaglio.html?id=111858) at the [CONI](/source/Italian_National_Olympic_Committee) honored athlete website (in Italian)

- [Paolo Angioni](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/11552) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

v t e Olympic equestrian champions in team eventing 1912: Nordlander, Adlercreutz, Casparsson, Åminne (SWE) 1920: Mörner, Lundström, von Braun, Dyrsch (SWE) 1924: van der Voort van Zijp, de Mortanges, de Kruijff, Colenbrander (NED) 1928: de Mortanges, de Kruijff, van der Voort van Zijp (NED) 1932: Thomson, Chamberlin, Argo (USA) 1936: Stubbendorf, Lippert, von Wangenheim (GER) 1948: Henry, Anderson, Thomson (USA) 1952: von Blixen-Finecke, Stahre, Frölén (SWE) 1956: Weldon, Rook, Hill (GBR) 1960: Morgan, Lavis, Roycroft (AUS) 1964: Checcoli, Angioni, Ravano (ITA) 1968: Allhusen, Meade, Jones (GBR) 1972: Meade, Gordon-Watson, Parker, Phillips (GBR) 1976: Coffin, Plumb, Davidson, Tauskey (USA) 1980: Blinov, Salnikov, Volkov, Rogozhin (URS) 1984: Plumb, Stives, Fleischmann, Davidson (USA) 1988: Erhorn, Baumann, Kaspareit, Ehrenbrink (FRG) 1992: Green, Rolton, Hoy, Ryan (AUS) 1996: Schaeffer, Rolton, Hoy, Dutton (AUS) 2000: Dutton, Hoy, Tinney, Ryan (AUS) 2004: Boiteau, Lyard, Courrèges, Teulère, Touzaint (FRA) 2008: Thomsen, Ostholt, Dibowski, Klimke, Romeike (GER) 2012: Auffarth, Jung, Klimke, Schrade, Thomsen (GER) 2016: Laghouag, Lemoine, Nicolas, Vallette (FRA) 2020: Collett, McEwen, Townend (GBR) 2024: Canter, McEwen, Collett (GBR)

v t e 1964 Italian Olympic equestrian team Jumping Raimondo D'Inzeo Piero D'Inzeo Graziano Mancinelli Eventing Mauro Checcoli Paolo Angioni Giuseppe Ravano Alessandro Argenton

v t e 1968 Italian Olympic equestrian team Jumping Raimondo D'Inzeo Piero D'Inzeo Graziano Mancinelli Eventing Mauro Checcoli Paolo Angioni Giuseppe Ravano Alessandro Argenton

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