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Rodrigo Pessoa

Competes for

Brazil

Notable Achievements

  • 2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara – Team Silver
  • 2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro – Individual Silver
  • 2004 Olympic Games Athens – Individual Gold
  • 2000 FEI World Cup FInal Las Vegas – Gold

Current String of Horses

Umeunig, Chaganus, Jordan II,

Biography

An Olympic gold-medalist in show jumping, he is an accomplished rider who followed in the footsteps of his father Nelson Pessoa. Rodrigo has represented Brazil at six Olympic Games.

At the start of 2017 Rodrigo was appointed Senior High Performance Director of the Irish Show Jumping team. It was a successful start as Senior High Performance Director with Ireland winning Team Gold at the European Championships in Gothenburg in August 2017.

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