Giuseppe Ogna
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Giuseppe Ogna (5 November 1933 – 7 May 2010) was an Italian
cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...
who won a bronze medal at the
1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...
. In his career won also a gold medal at the Track Cycling World Championships.


Biography

He won his Olympic medal in tandem with
Cesare Pinarello Cesare Pinarello (5 October 1932 – 2 August 2012) was an Italian cyclist who won two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics (1952 and 1956). Biography He died in Treviso Treviso ( ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Veneto regi ...
. In 1959, he appeared on the television show
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. He died in 2010 aged 76.


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* 1933 births 2010 deaths Italian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Cyclists from Brescia Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-cycling-bio-1930s-stub