Rodrigo Pessoa
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
 Rodrigo Pessoa |
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| Equestrian | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2004 Athens | Individual jumping |
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Team jumping |
| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | Team jumping |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1998 Rome | Individual jumping |
| Pan American Games | ||
| Gold | 1995 Buenos Aires | Team jumping |
| Gold | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Team jumping |
| Silver | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Individual jumping |
| Silver | 2011 Guadalajara | Team jumping |
Rodrigo Pessoa (born November 29, 1972 in Paris, France) is an equestrian and show jumper from Brazil married to Alexa Weeks and has two girls Cecilia born in 2004 from a first marriage and Sophia born in 2011. He is an accomplished rider backed by his 70 Grand Prix wins and a total of (€7.000,000) in prize money during his career. Rodrigo Pessoa is the son of equestrian and show jumper Nelson Pessoa. His owner is Ewing Hunter Harrison millionaire from Memphis Tenn former CEO of CN Canadian Railway and owner founder of his own Double H Farm in Ridgefield CT.
[edit] Riding career
Rodrigo first competed in 1981 at Hickstead. In 1984 he claimed his first title as champion of the pony class and again in 1985. In 1988 he competed in his first Grand Prix.
He continued to his triumphant career by competing and winning many Grands Prix. In 1992 he rode Special Envoy in the Olympic Games in Barcelona for Brazil, making him one of the youngest rider to compete in the Olympics at the age of 19. In 1996 he again rode in the Olympics in Atlanta and helped Brazil win the bronze medal with Loro Piana TomBoy.
In 1998 he rode Gandini Lianos to be the youngest World Champion at 1998 FEI World Equestrian Games in Rome.
Pessoa took his career further by winning the World Cup Final on Baloubet du Rouet three times in a row and finished as the reserve champion the fourth year, a world record. In his fifth and final World Cup, Rodrigo and Baloubet du Rouet finished in third place. He later claimed the title and prize for the world's best rider and in addition to the Show Jumping Year trophy. In 2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney, he again won the bronze team medal. In the 2004 Olympics in Athens he won the individual silver medal but after disqualification of the Irish rider Cian O'Connor and his horse Waterford Crystal for doping, he was awarded the Gold medal in an award ceremony in his home town of Rio de Janeiro.In 2010 he won the Grand Prix on a horse named HH Ashley.
In 2007, Pessoa won the individual silver and team gold medals at the Pan American Games, held in his home town.
[edit] Horses
- HH Ashley - 2000, Chestnut, Mare, Hanoverian
- HH Rebozo - 2000, Bay, Stallion, Mexican Sport Horse
- HH Palouchin de Ligny - 2000, Chestnut, Gelding, (SF)
- HH Let's Fly - 1999, Bay, Gelding, Hanoverian
- HH Rufus - 1998, Bay, Gelding, (KWPN)
- HH Oasis - Bay, Gelding, (SF). Died in 2007
- Baloubet du Rouet - 1989, Chestnut, Stallion, (SF)
- Loro Piana TomBoy - 1985, Bay, Gelding, (ISH)
- Special Envoy - 1980, Chestnut, Gelding, (ISH)
- Gandini Lianos - 1987, Bay, Gelding, (Holst)
- Stardust - 1991, Bay, Mare, (ISH)
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Brazilian equestrians
- Brazilian sportspeople in doping cases
- Brazilian people of French descent
- Brazilian show jumping riders
- Olympic equestrians of Brazil
- Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Olympic gold medalists for Brazil
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- People from Paris
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
