Rino Pucci (29 January 1922 – 10 December 1986) was an Italian

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

. He was born in

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a t ...

. He won a silver medal in

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at the 1948 Summer Olympics in

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, together with Arnaldo Benfenati, Anselmo Citterio and Guido Bernardi.

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* * * 1922 births 1986 deaths Sportspeople from Pistoia Italian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Tuscany {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub