Francesco Filippo "Frank" Bizzoni (May 7, 1875 – December 25, 1926) was an Italian

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who competed in the St Louis

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. He was born in

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and died in the

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. In 1904 he was eliminated in the semi-final of the quarter mile competition. Bizzoni is the only known Italian competitor at the St. Louis Games in 1904. In all records he is listed as an American cyclist. However, he was granted US citizenship only in 1917.

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"Italy Has Competed at All Olympic Games"
* 1875 births 1926 deaths Italian male cyclists American male cyclists Olympic cyclists of the United States Cyclists at the 1904 Summer Olympics People from Lodi, Lombardy Cyclists from the Province of Lodi Italian emigrants to the United States {{US-cycling-bio-stub