Leandro Faggin

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Leandro Faggin

Leandro Faggin at Velodromo Vigorelli
Personal information
Born (1933-07-18)18 July 1933
Padua, Italy
Died 6 December 1970(1970-12-06) (aged 37)
Padua, Italy
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Medal record
Competitor for  Italy
Track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold Melbourne 1956 1000m time trial
Gold Melbourne 1956 Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold 1963 Rocourt Individual pursuit
Gold 1965 S. Sebastian Individual pursuit
Gold 1966 Frankfurt Individual pursuit
Silver 1958 Paris Individual pursuit
Silver 1962 Milan Individual pursuit
Silver 1964 Paris Individual pursuit
Bronze 1961 Zürich Individual pursuit
Bronze 1967 Amsterdam Individual pursuit
Bronze 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 received a gold medal in 1000 m time trial at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1] He was also a member of the Italian team that received a gold medal in team pursuit at the 1956 Olympics.

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.

The death

Died of cancer aged just 37 years, his name was included, in 2000s (decade), into a list of cases under investigation for possible use of doping in cycling.[2]

See also

  • Italian men gold medalist at the Olympics and World Championships

References

  1. ↑ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Cycling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 7 June 2008)
  2. ↑ "Quando Faggin aveva le ali" (in italian). mattinodipadova.it. Retrieved 10 May 2012. 

External links

Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Team Pursuit
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