Luca Roman (born 10 December 1985) is an Italian Olympic

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rider. He competed at the

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where he finished 40th in the

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and 9th in the

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competition. Roman also participated at the

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, where he placed 6th with the Italian team in the team event and finished 15th individually. His brother

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also participated at the 2016 Olympics. They became the second set of Roman brothers that represented Italy at the Olympics, as their father

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and their uncle Mauro were part of the Italian eventing squad that took team silver at the 1980 Games in

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. Federico also won an individual gold at the Games.

References

Living people 1985 births Italian male equestrians Italian event riders Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Italy 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-equestrian-bio-stub