Giovanni Pettenella

Giovanni Pettenella

Giovanni Pettenella at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Giovanni Pettenella
Born (1943-03-28)28 March 1943
Caprino Veronese, Italy
Died 20 February 2010(2010-02-20) (aged 66)
Milan, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Professional team(s)
Ciclistica Corsico, Milan

Giovanni Pettenella (28 March 1943 19 February 2010) was an Italian track cyclist. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in the sprint and a silver in the 1000 m time trial.[1][2] After that he turned professional and competed until 1975. In 1968 he won a bronze medal in the sprint at the world championships.[3]

A marble gravestone on the wall of a crypt
Pettenella's grave at the Monumental Cemetery of Milan, in 2015

He died in Milan, Italy, and is buried at the city's Monumental Cemetery.

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