Nelson Pessoa Filho (born December 16, 1935) is a Brazilian equestrian who competed in the sport of Show jumping. He was among the first Brazilian civilians to do well in the sport, as the military had dominated it in the Brazil of that era.[1]
nelson, pessoa, filho, born, december, 1935, brazilian, equestrian, competed, sport, show, jumping, among, first, brazilian, civilians, well, sport, military, dominated, brazil, that, feldherr, 1968medal, recordequestrianrepresenting, brazilpan, american, game. Nelson Pessoa Filho born December 16 1935 is a Brazilian equestrian who competed in the sport of Show jumping He was among the first Brazilian civilians to do well in the sport as the military had dominated it in the Brazil of that era 1 Nelson Pessoa Nelson Pessoa on Feldherr in 1968Medal recordEquestrianRepresenting BrazilPan American Games1967 Winnipeg Team jumping1959 Chicago Team jumping1967 Winnipeg Individual jumpingCareer highlights editHe competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and came fifth in Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics Individual jumping 1 He moved to Europe in 1961 He won the 1966 European Show Jumping Championships and won twice at Hickstead He came second in the 1984 Show Jumping World Cup and in 1991 he was again second riding Special Envoy 2 In 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona at 56 he was the oldest equestrian while his 19 year old son was the youngest 3 He owns a famous equestrian school at Haras du Ligny in Fleurus Belgium His students include Alvaro de Miranda Neto and Athina Onassis Miranda His son is the Olympic gold medallist Rodrigo Pessoa His nickname is Neco 1 He is the founder of Pessoa Brands the Pessoa lines include their famous saddles bridles girths blankets and tack References edit a b c Profile of Nelson Pessoa Official website of Rodrigo Pessoa Archived from the original on September 24 2008 Two Masters George H Morris and Nelson Pessoa Video exclusive from SportsQuest International TV Archived from the original on 2016 03 03 Retrieved 2008 10 04 Equestrianism at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 2020 04 17 External links editRodrigo Pessoa official nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to Brazilian equestrianism is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nelson Pessoa amp oldid 1189198720, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
