Ferdinando Teruzzi (17 February 1924 – 9 April 2014)Addio a Ferdinando Terruzzi, «il Re delle Seigiorni»
Corriere.it was an Italian

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and Olympic champion in

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. He won a gold medal in the tandem event (with Renato Perona) at the 1948 Summer Olympics in

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."1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Cycling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 7 June 2008)

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* * * * * * 1924 births 2014 deaths Italian male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for Italy Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Italy Italian track cyclists People from Sesto San Giovanni Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Milan {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub