Leandro Faggin

Leandro Faggin (18 July 1933 – 6 December 1970) was an Italian racing cyclist, Olympic champion and world champion in track cycling.

Leandro Faggin
Leandro Faggin at Velodromo Vigorelli
Personal information
Born(1933-07-18)18 July 1933
Padua, Italy
Died6 December 1970(1970-12-06) (aged 37)
Padua, Italy
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typePursuiter
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Melbourne 1956 1000m time trial
Melbourne 1956 Team pursuit
World Championships
1963 RocourtIndividual pursuit
1965 S. SebastianIndividual pursuit
1966 FrankfurtIndividual pursuit
1958 ParisIndividual pursuit
1962 MilanIndividual pursuit
1964 ParisIndividual pursuit
1961 ZürichIndividual pursuit
1967 AmsterdamIndividual pursuit
1968 RomeIndividual pursuit

Biography

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

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

References
  1. "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Cycling" Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 7 June 2008)
  2. "Leandro Faggin Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  3. "Quando Faggin aveva le ali" (in Italian). mattinodipadova.it. Retrieved 10 May 2012.


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