Giovanni Pettenella
Giovanni Pettenella at the 1964 Olympics
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| Full name | Giovanni Pettenella | |||||||||||||||||||||
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28 March 1943 Caprino Veronese, Italy |
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| Died | 20 February 2010 (aged 66) Milan, Italy |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ciclistica Corsico, Milan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. After that he turned professional and competed until 1975. In 1968 he won a bronze medal in the sprint at the world championships.
He died in Milan, Italy, and is buried at the city's Monumental Cemetery.
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