Paolo Angioni

{{Short description|Italian equestrian (born 1938)}}

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| name = Paolo Angioni

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| image = Paolo Angioni 1968.jpg

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Equestrianism

| event = Eventing

| club = CEPIM Passo Corese

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1938|1|22}}

| birth_place = Cagliari, Italy

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| height = 1.77 m

| weight = 64 kg

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1964 Tokyo|Eventing, team}}

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Paolo Angioni (born 22 January 1938) is an Italian former equestrian and Olympic champion. He competed in the mixed three-day 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/paolo-angioni-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012819/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/paolo-angioni-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Paolo Angioni|publisher=sports-reference.com|access-date=19 May 2012}}

Achievements

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
rowspan=2|1964

| rowspan=2 align=left|Olympic Games

| rowspan=2 align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo

| 11th

| align=left|Individual eventing

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bgcolor=gold|1st

| align=left|Team eventing

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