Leandro Faggin (18 July 1933 – 6 December 1970) was an Italian
racing cyclist
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, Olympic champion and world 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 won a gold medal in the
1000 m time trial at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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in
Melbourne
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.
["1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Cycling"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 7 June 2008) He was also a member of the Italian team that won a gold medal in
team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
at the 1956 Olympics.
He is three times gold winner in
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 ...
in the
UCI Track World Championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
, from 1963, 1965 and 1966, and has also three silver medals and three bronze medals.
Death
Faggin died of cancer aged just 37 years in 1970. In the 2000s, his name was included into a list of cases under investigation for possible use of
doping in cycling.
See also
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Italian men gold medalist at the Olympics and World Championships
References
1933 births
1970 deaths
Italian male cyclists
Olympic gold medalists for Italy
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Italy
Cyclists from Padua
Olympic gold medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
Italian track cyclists
20th-century Italian sportsmen
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