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Leandro Faggin

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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
Gold medal – first place Melbourne 1956 1000m time trial
Gold medal – first place Melbourne 1956 Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 Rocourt Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 1965 S. Sebastian Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 1966 Frankfurt Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 1958 Paris Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 1962 Milan Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 1964 Paris Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 1961 Zürich Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Amsterdam Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Rome Individual pursuit

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

Biography

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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

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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

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References

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  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.