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Italian cyclist (1902–1983)
Franco Giorgetti
Franco Giorgetti |
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Full name | Franco Giorgetti |
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Born | (1902-10-13)13 October 1902
Bovisio-Masciago,
Italy |
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Died | 18 March 1983(1983-03-18) (aged 80)
Varese, Italy |
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Discipline |
Track |
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Role | Rider |
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Franco Giorgetti (13 October 1902 – 18 March 1983) was an Italian
racing cyclist and Olympic champion in
track cycling.
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Giorgetti was born in
Bovisio-Masciago. He won a gold medal in the
team pursuit at the
1920 Summer Olympics in
Antwerp (with
Arnaldo Carli,
Ruggero Ferrario and
Primo Magnani). Giorgetti also specialized
motor-paced racing. He was the American motor-paced champion in 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 1934 and won the Italian championship in 1933 and 1941. He was a top
six-day racer as well. He won the prestigious
Six Days of New York a record eight times, the first time in 1926 with
Reggie McNamara. He returned to Italy before
World War II and died in
Varese, aged 80.
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1908:
Jones,
Kingsbury,
Meredith,
Payne (
GBR)
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1920:
Carli,
Ferrario,
Giorgetti,
Magnani (
ITA)
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1924:
De Martino,
Dinale,
Menegazzi,
Zucchetti (
ITA)
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1928:
Facciani,
Gaioni,
Lusiani,
Tasselli (
ITA)
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1932:
Cimatti,
Pedretti,
Ghilardi,
Borsari (
ITA)
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1936:
Charpentier,
Goujon,
Lapébie,
Le Nizerhy (
FRA)
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1948:
Adam,
Blusson,
Coste,
Decanali (
FRA)
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1952:
Campana,
De Rossi,
Messina,
Morettini (
ITA)
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1956:
Domenicali,
Faggin,
Gandini,
Gasparella,
Pizzali (
ITA)
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1960:
Arienti,
Testa,
Vallotto,
Vigna (
ITA)
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1964:
Claesges,
Henrichs,
Link,
Streng (
EUA)
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1968:
Frey,
Asmussen,
Lyngemark,
Olsen (
DEN)
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1972:
Schumacher,
Colombo,
Haritz,
Hempel (
FRG)
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1976:
Vonhof,
Braun,
Lutz,
Schumacher (
FRG)
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1980:
Manakov,
Movchan,
Osokin,
Petrakov,
Krasnov (
URS)
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1984:
Grenda,
Nichols,
Turtur,
Woods (
AUS)
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1988:
Ekimov,
Kasputis,
Nelyubin,
Umaras (
URS)
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1992:
Steinweg,
Walzer,
Fulst,
Glöckner,
Lehmann (
GER)
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1996:
Capelle,
Ermenault,
Monin,
Moreau (
FRA)
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2000:
Fulst,
Bartko,
Becke,
Lehmann,
Pollack (
GER)
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2004:
Brown,
Lancaster,
McGee,
Roberts (
AUS)
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2008:
Clancy,
Manning,
Thomas,
Wiggins (
GBR)
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2012:
Clancy,
Thomas,
Burke,
Kennaugh (
GBR)
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2016:
Clancy,
Burke,
Doull,
Wiggins (
GBR)
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2020:
Consonni,
Ganna,
Lamon,
Milan (
ITA)
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