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modalities index > eqUestrian JUmpinG > rodrigo de paula pessoa
rodrigo dE PauLa pessoA
paris, France
29/11/72
66kg
1,77m
main titles
Silver medalist (team) at the
Guadalajara 2011 Pan American
Games • gold (team) and silver
medalist (individual) at the Rio
2007 Pan American Games • gold
medalist (individual) at the Athens
2004 Olympic Games • bronze
medalist (team) at the Sydney
2000 and Atlanta 1996 Olympic
Games • three times champion of
the World Cup (98/99/00) • 1 st
place at the Rome World
Championship (98) • gold medalist
(team) at the Mar Del Plata Pan
American Games 1995
events
Jumping
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Rodrigo is the son of Nelson
Pessoa, considered one of the best
horsemen of all times. He won his
first competition at 12 years of age
in England and participated in his
first edition of the Olympic Games
at 19 in Barcelona, 1992. He was
the fifth placed at the Beijing
Olympic Games 2008.
equestrian Jumping