Giuseppe Olmo
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| Full name | Giuseppe Olmo | ||||||||||||
| Born | November 22, 1911 Italy |
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| Died | March 5, 1992 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
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| 1933–1940 1940–1942 |
Bianchi Dei |
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Giuseppe Olmo (November 22, 1911 – March 5, 1992) was an Italian road bicycle racer, who once held the world record for an hour's run on a bicycle, with 45.090 km, until it was beaten in 1936.[1] He was born in Celle Ligure.
As with many Italian bicycle racers, after his retirement in the 1930s he began building bicycles, and founded Olmo (also known as Olmo Biciclette).[2] The Olmo Biciclette manufacturing center was set up in his home town of Celle Ligure Italy in 1938,[3] where the company continues to manufacture their bicycles today.
Later in his life, Giuseppe (Often called "Gepin" for short) came to be known as a successful entrepreneur and between the 1940s and 1970s he expanded his company into several manufacturing industries. These individual businesses are all managed under the Olmo Group today.[4] Olmo la Biciclissima or Giuseppe Olmo spa, as the bicycle manufacture goes by today, was often called the Schwinn of Italy. This title was earned because the sheer number of bicycle models they produced, many of lesser quality. Today they produce many high quality race bicycles, as well as mountain and city bicycles of ranging quality.
[edit] Major results
- 1932
, Olympic Team road race (with Attilio Pavesi and Guglielmo Segato)- 1st, Milano–Torino
- 1933
- 1st, Stages 4 and 12, Giro d'Italia
- 1934
- 4th, Giro d'Italia
- 1st, Stages 13, 16 and 17
- 1935
- 1st, Milan – San Remo
- 3rd, Giro d'Italia
- 1st, Stages 5, 13, 17 and 18
- 1936
Italy National Road Race Championship- 1st, Giro dell'Emilia
- 2nd, Giro d'Italia
- 1st, Stages 1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15b, 16, 17a and 19
- 1937
- 1st, Stage 6, Giro d'Italia
- 1938
- 1st, Milan – San Remo
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| Preceded by Maurice Richard |
UCI hour record (45.090 km) 31 October 1935-14 October 1936 |
Succeeded by Maurice Richard |
[edit] References
- ^ "Claims World Bike Record". The New York Times. 1936-10-15.
- ^ Christopher Pepe. "italian bicycle manufacturers". virtualitalia.com. http://virtualitalia.com./sports/bike_manuf.shtml.
- ^ "History of Olmo". olmo.it. http://www.olmo.it/index.php/azienda.html.
- ^ "Olmo Group's History". olmo-group.com. http://www.olmo-group.com/eng/history.html.
[edit] External links
- Palmarès by memoire-du-cyclisme.net (French)
- Palmarès by velo-club.net (French)
- company website
- Olmo - Argentina
- company website
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