Franco Giorgetti
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| Full name | Franco Giorgetti | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 October 1902 Bovisio-Masciago, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 March 1983 (aged 80) Varese, Italy | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||
| 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.
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).[1][2] Giorgetti also specialized in six-day racing. He won the prestigious Six Days of New York a record eight times, the first time in 1926 with Reggie McNamara. He died in Varese, aged 80.
References
- ^ "Franco Giorgetti Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
- ^ "1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Cycling" Archived 23 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 October 2008)
External links
- Franco Giorgetti at Cycling Archives
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- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Cyclists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Italy
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- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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