Leandro Faggin
 Leandro Faggin at Velodromo Vigorelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 July 1933 Padua, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 December 1970 (aged 37) Padua, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Pursuiter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leandro Faggin (18 July 1933 – 6 December 1970) was an Italian racing cyclist, Olympic champion and world champion in track cycling.
Biography
[edit]He won a gold medal in the 1000 m time trial at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1] He was also a member of the Italian team that won a gold medal in team pursuit at the 1956 Olympics.[2]
He is three times gold winner in individual pursuit in the UCI Track World Championships, from 1963, 1965 and 1966, and has also three silver medals and three bronze medals.
Death
[edit]Faggin died of cancer aged just 37 years in 1970. In the 2000s, his name was included into a list of cases under investigation for possible use of doping in cycling.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Cycling" Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 7 June 2008)
- ^ "Leandro Faggin Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Quando Faggin aveva le ali" (in Italian). mattinodipadova.it. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
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