Carlo Mascheroni

Carlo Mascheroni
Carlo Mascheroni
Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Discipline	Horse Driving
Born	7 June 1940

Carlo Mascheroni (born 7 June 1940 in Giussano) is an Italian equestrian and sportsman who competes at the international level in horse-driving (single, pairs and four-in-hand).

Biography[edit]

Mascheroni was born in Giussano into a family of saddlers. Since 1898, his grandfather Carlo and his father Ugo produced hand-crafted leather harnesses and goods.

Nine-time Italian champion in driving, Mascheroni represented Italy at the World Equestrian Games (WEG) 1994 in Den Haag, the Netherlands; in 1998 at Pratoni del Vivaro, Roma; in 2002 at Jerez de la Frontera, Spain and in 2006 in Aachen, Germany in four-in-hand driving. He won his first international driving competition in Rome at the 1982 CSIO Passo Corese.

Based in Giussano (near Milan), Italy, Mascheroni owns a saddlery and collects antique carriages, leather harnesses, harness goods and accessories.

Awards[edit]

Gold medals at the Italian Championship in driving pairs:

1977 Parco di Monza
1980 Crema (Crema)
1986 Cislago (Varese)
1992 Soiano (Bergamo), Cigliano (BG) and Oreno di Vimercate
2002 Oreno di Vimercate (Mi)
2004 San Rossore (Pisa)
2005 Pratoni del Vivaro (Rome)

Mascheroni began competing in combined driving in 1984, and has competed every year since with pairs and teams. He has participated in every World Pairs Championship from 1985 to 2001, and in every World Teams Championships since 1994. In the Coupe Danube, he represented Italian driving for the rest of Europe. Mascheroni uses a Kühnle Sport Phaeton carriage.

International results[edit]

2006 CAI-A/B/CAIP- München-Riem ‘06 (Ger) 4 2 3 6 with horse team
2006 CAI-A Altenfelden ‘06 (Aut) 12 9 13 13 with horse team
2005 CAI-A/CAIP-A Weer ‘05 (Aut) 26 26 29 22 with horse pair
2005 CAI-A Conty ‘05 (Fra) 11 19 8 7 with horse pair
2004 CAI-A Nebanice ‘04 (Cze) - 6 - - with horse team
2004 CAI-A Weer ‘04 (Aut) 2 1 2 3 with horse team
2004 CAI-A Altenfelden ‘04 (Aut) 12 7 12 2 with horse team
2003 CAI-B Oreno di Vimercate ‘03 (Ita) 7 4 3 14 with horse pair
2003 CAI-A Weer ‘03 (Aut) 5 11 7 2 with horse pair
2003 CAI-A Altenfelden ‘03 (Aut) 18 18 30 14 with horse pair
2002 CAI-A Karlstetten ‘02 (Aut) - 43 EL 43 with horse pair
2002 CAI-A Riesenbeck ‘02 (Ger) 25 25 26 22 with horse team
2002 CAI-A/CAIP-A Weer ‘02 (Aut) 6 6 7 1 with horse team
2002 CAI-A Altenfelden ‘02 (Aut) 9 9 AB 5 with horse team
2001 CAI-A 1/2 Verona ’01 (Ita) 6 13 with horse pair
2000 CAI-B Aosta '00 (Ita) 1 1 1 1 (only competitor)
1999 CAI St. Gallen ‘99 (Sui) - AB with horse team
1998 CAI Riesenbeck ‘98 (Ger) 30 with horse team
1998 CAI Compiegne ‘98 (Fra) - with horse team
2005 Wals-Siezenheim ‘05 (Aut) 52 67 39 30
2004 Kecskemét ‘04 (Hun) - 39 - 47
2002 Jerez de la Frontera ‘02 (Esp) - 43 39 EL with horse team
2001 Riesenbeck '01 (Ger) 57 58 - 57-member Italian team (19th place)
2000 Wolfsburg '00 (Ger) 48 50 47 with horse team
1998 Rome ‘98 (Ita) 35 with horse team
1996 Waregem ‘96 (Bel) 34 member Italian team (10th place)
1994 The Hague ‘94 (Ned) EL

World Championship horse team:

Hruszew 15 (Polish gelding)
Lokator 12 (Polish gelding)
Mayor 13 (gelding)
Lisander 11 (NN gelding)
Amigo 11 (GBR gelding)
Freedom 10 Hanoverian stallion)

Bibliography[edit]

Paolo Manili, Carlo Mascheroni: l'uomo dei cavalli e delle carrozze

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