Sante Gaiardoni
 Gaiardoni at the 1960 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sante Gaiardoni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 June 1939 Villafranca di Verona, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 November 2023 (aged 84) Motta Visconti, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sante Gaiardoni (29 June 1939 – 30 November 2023) was an Italian cyclist. He won two gold medals at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, in the 1000 m time trial and the 1000 m sprint.[1] Between 1958 and 1970 he won two gold, four silver and two bronze medals in sprint events at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[2]
Biography
[edit]After retirement in 1971 he ran a bicycle shop in Lorenteggio, Milan. In the 2000s he was active in politics and took part in the 2006 Italian municipal elections.[3] In 2010, together with journalist Francesco Lodi, he published a book Quando la Rabbia si trasforma in Vittoria ("When the anger turns into victory") describing his early life until 1960.[4] Gaiardoni died in Motta Visconti on 30 November 2023, at the age of 84.[5]
Awards
[edit]On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), Giovanni Malagò, Gaiardoni was inaugurated into the Olympic Park of the Foro Italico in Rome, along with Viale delle Olimpiadi, the Walk of Fame of Italian sport, consisting of 100 tiles that chronologically report names of the most representative athletes in the history of Italian sport. On each tile there is the name of the sportsman, the sport in which he distinguished himself and the symbol of CONI. One of the tiles is dedicated to Sante Gaiardoni.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sante Gaiardoni". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Sante Gaiardoni". radsportseiten.net.
- ^ Spazi per le bici e nuovo Vigorelli Scende in pista Sante Gaiardoni. archiviostorico.corriere.it (2006-04-30)
- ^ Sante Gaiardoni and Francesco Lodi (2010) Quando la Rabbia si trasforma in Vittoria
- ^ "Addio a Sante Gaiardoni: conquistò due ori a Roma 1960 nel ciclismo". Gazzetta. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Inaugurata la Walk of Fame: 100 targhe per celebrare le leggende dello sport italiano" (in Italian). coni.it. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
External links
[edit]- Sante Gaiardoni at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Sante Gaiardoni at CycleBase
- Sante Gaiardoni at Olympedia
- Sante Gaiardoni at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Official website
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- 1939 births
- 2023 deaths
- Cyclists from the Province of Verona
- Italian male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic cyclists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Italian track cyclists
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen