Andrea Collinelli (born 2 July 1969) is an Italian former
racing cyclist
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...
and Olympic champion in
track cycling
Track cycling is a Cycle sport, bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its i ...
.
Biography
He received a gold medal in ''4000m
individual pursuit
The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.
It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...
'' at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Atlanta
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.
["1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Cycling"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 1, 2008)
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1969 births
Living people
Italian male cyclists
Olympic gold medalists for Italy
Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Italy
Sportspeople from Ravenna
Cyclists from the Province of Ravenna
Olympic medalists in cycling
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Italian track cyclists
20th-century Italian sportsmen
21st-century Italian sportsmen
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