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Giovanni Pettenella

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Giovanni Pettenella
Giovanni Pettenella at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameGiovanni Pettenella
Born(1943-03-28)28 March 1943
Caprino Veronese, Italy
Died20 February 2010(2010-02-20) (aged 66)
Milan, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional team
Ciclistica Corsico, Milan
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Individual sprint
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo 1000 m time trial
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Rome Individual sprint

Giovanni Pettenella (28 March 1943 – 19 February 2010) was an Italian track cyclist. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in the sprint and a silver in the 1000 m time trial.[1][2] In the semi-final of the 1,000 metres sprint Pettenella and Pierre Trentin set an Olympic record for standing still - 21 minutes and 57 seconds.[3] After that he turned professional and competed until 1975. In 1968 he won a bronze medal in the sprint at the world championships.[4]

A marble gravestone on the wall of a crypt
Pettenella's grave at the Monumental Cemetery of Milan, in 2015

He died in Milan, Italy, and is buried at the city's Monumental Cemetery.

References

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  1. ^ "Giovanni Pettenella Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014.
  2. ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Cycling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
  3. ^ Wallechinksy, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. New York: Penguin Books. p. 200. ISBN 0140066322.
  4. ^ Giovanni Pettenella. cyclingarchives.com