Roberto Amadio (born 10 July 1963, in

Portogruaro Portogruaro (, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy. The city is the centre of a district, made up of 11 ''comuni'', which form the Venezia Orientale with the San Donà di Piave district. History ...

, Italy) is an Italian sports manager and former

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and

track cyclist Track cycling is a 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 infancy, it wa ...

. Professional from 1985 to 1989, he was the world champion in the team pursuit in 1985. He also competed in the

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 ...

event at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

. Since 2005 he is team manager and director of the team .

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1963 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Venice Olympic cyclists for Italy Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics People from Portogruaro 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-cycling-bio-1960s-stub