Attilio Pavesi (1 October 1910 – 2 August 2011) was an Italian cyclist who won the individual and team road races at the

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. The same year he placed second in the Giro di Sicilia, and in 1933–35 rode as professional, but with no success. Pavesi was the 11th child in an affluent family in

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.1932 Olympic champion dies, aged 100
''Cycling News'', 4 August 2011 At the beginning of

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he immigrated to

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, where he continued racing, ran his bike shop, and organized cycling races. He died at the age of 100 in a

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. At the time of his death he was thought to be the oldest surviving Olympic champion and one of the oldest living Olympic competitors.

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* * 1910 births 2011 deaths Italian male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic cyclists for Italy Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Emilia-Romagna Sportspeople from the Province of Piacenza Italian centenarians Men centenarians {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub