Alessandro Valerio (18 May 1881 – 28 May 1955) was an Italian

horse rider The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million ...

. He competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

and, with his horse Cento, won the silver medal in the individual jumping event.

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* * * * 1881 births 1955 deaths Italian show jumping riders Olympic equestrians for Italy Italian male equestrians Equestrians at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-equestrian-bio-stub