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Pedro Veniss | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Pedro Veniss | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Jumping | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brazil | 6 January 1983||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Horse(s) | Quabri de l'Isle | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pedro Veniss (born 6 January 1983) is a Brazilian show jumping rider. [1] [2] He participated at two Summer Olympics (in 2008 and 2016). His best Olympic results came in 2016, when he finished 5th in team and 16th in individual competition at the home Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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Since the beginning of 2016, Pedro Veniss has been running a tournament and trading stable in Ittre, Belgium, together with Cassio Rivetti. Previously, he presented horses at tournaments for the large trading stable “Stephex Stables” from Wolvertem. [3]
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