Sante Gaiardoni

Sante Gaiardoni

Gaiardoni at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Sante Gaiardoni
Born	(1939-06-29) 29 June 1939 (age 77) Villafranca di Verona, Italy
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Role	Rider
Medal record Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1960 Rome 1000 m time trial 1960 Rome Sprint UCI Track Cycling World Championships 1958 Paris Sprint, amateurs 1959 Amsterdam Sprint, amateurs 1960 Leipzig Sprint, amateurs 1962 Milan Sprint, professionals 1963 Rocourt Sprint, professionals 1966 Frankfurt Sprint, professionals 1969 Antwerp Sprint, professionals 1970 Leicester Sprint, professionals

Sante Gaiardoni (born 29 June 1939) is a retired Italian cyclist. He won two gold medals at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, in the 1000 m time trial and the 1000 m sprint. Between 1958 and 1970 he won two gold, four silver and two bronze medals in sprint events at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

After retirement in 1971 he ran a bicycle shop in Lorenteggio, Milan. In the 2000s he was active in politics and took part in the 2006 Italian municipal elections. In 2010, together with journalist Francesco Lodi, he published a book Quando la Rabbia si trasforma in Vittoria ("When the anger turns into victory") describing his early life until 1960.