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Nelson Pessoa Filho

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameNelson•Pessoa Filho
Used nameNelson•Pessoa Filho
Nick/petnamesNeco
Born16 December 1935 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
Measurements175 cm / 65 kg
AffiliationsFlamengo, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
NOC Brazil

Biography

Nelson Pessoa Filho was a member of the silver medal winning jumping team at the 1959 Pan American Games (with Renildo Ferreira and the non-Olympians Francisco Rabelo and Antonio Carvalho) and of the gold medal winning jumping team at the 1967 Pan American Games (with Antônio Simões, José Fernandez, and Renildo Ferreira). At the 1995 Pan American Games Pessoa Filho again won gold with the jumping team (with Vitor Teixeira, André Johannpeter, and his son Rodrigo Pessoa).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1956 Equestrian Olympics Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) BRA Nelson Pessoa Filho
Individual, Open (Olympic) Relincho 33
Team, Open (Olympic) Relincho / Brazil 10
1964 Summer Olympics Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) BRA Nelson Pessoa Filho
Individual, Open (Olympic) Huipil =5
1968 Summer Olympics Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) BRA Nelson Pessoa Filho
Individual, Open (Olympic) Pass Op 16
Team, Open (Olympic) Pass Op / Brazil 7
1972 Summer Olympics Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) BRA Nelson Pessoa Filho
Individual, Open (Olympic) Nagir 39
1992 Summer Olympics Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) BRA Nelson Pessoa Filho
Individual, Open (Olympic) Vivaldi 65 r1/2
Team, Open (Olympic) Vivaldi / Brazil 10

Olympic family relations

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