Vincenzo Zucconelli (, born 3 June 1931) was a
road racing cyclist
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most comm ...
from
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
who won the silver medal in the men's team road race, alongside
Dino Bruni
Dino Bruni (born 13 April 1932) is an Italian road racing cyclist who won the silver medal in the men's team road race at the 1952 Summer Olympics, alongside Vincenzo Zucconelli and Gianni Ghidini. Italy's fourth rider Bruno Monti also cross ...
and
Gianni Ghidini
Gianni Ghidini (21 May 1930 – 20 June 1995) was a road racing cyclist from Italy. He won the silver medal in the men's team road race, alongside Dino Bruni
Dino Bruni (born 13 April 1932) is an Italian road racing cyclist who won th ...
.
Italy's fourth rider
Bruno Monti
Bruno Monti (12 June 1930 – 16 August 2011) was an Italian road cyclist. As an amateur he won the Piccolo Giro di Lombardia and an Olympic silver medal in the team road race in 1952. In 1953 he turned professional and rode the Giro d'Italia i ...
also crossed the line, but did not receive a medal because just the first three counted for the final classification. He was a professional rider from 1954 to 1959.
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1931 births
Living people
Italian male cyclists
Cyclists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Italy
Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Sportspeople from the Province of Ferrara
Olympic medalists in cycling
Cyclists from Emilia-Romagna
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
20th-century Italian sportsmen
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