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Leandro Faggin

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Leandro Faggin
Leandro Faggin at Velodromo Vigorelli
Personal information
Born(1933-07-18)18 July 1933
Padua, Italy
Died6 December 1970(1970-12-06) (aged 37)
Padua, Italy
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place Melbourne 1956 1000m time trial
Gold medal – first place Melbourne 1956 Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 Rocourt Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 1965 S. Sebastian Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 1966 Frankfurt Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 1958 Paris Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 1962 Milan Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 1964 Paris Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 1961 Zürich Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Amsterdam Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Rome Individual pursuit

Leandro Faggin (18 July 1933 – 6 December 1970) was an Italian racing cyclist, Olympic champion and world champion in track cycling.

Biography

He won a gold medal in the 1000 m time trial at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1] He was also a member of the Italian team that won a gold medal in team pursuit at the 1956 Olympics.[2]

He is three times gold winner in individual pursuit in the UCI Track World Championships, 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.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Cycling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 7 June 2008)
  2. ^ "Leandro Faggin Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Quando Faggin aveva le ali" (in Italian). mattinodipadova.it. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

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