Angelo De Martini (24 January 1897 – 12 August 1979) was an Italian

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and Olympic champion in

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Biography

Martini was born in

Villafranca di Verona Villafranca di Verona is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Verona in the Veneto, Northern Italy. History The position on the ancient Via Postumia and the perpendicular intersection structure of its roads suggests that the city had Roman ...

. He received a gold medal in

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at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ...

in Paris. He died in

Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...

, aged 82.

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* * * * * 1897 births 1979 deaths Italian male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for Italy Cyclists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy Italian track cyclists Olympic gold medalists in cycling People from Villafranca di Verona Cyclists from the Province of Verona Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub