Gianni Giacomini (born 18 August 1958) is a retired Italian cyclist. In 1979 he won the amateur road race at the

World Cycling Championships The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...

. Next year he competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

and finished in 5th and 18th place in the 100 km time trial and road race, respectively. In 1981 he turned professional. During his short career he suffered from a health problem (narrowing of the leg artery), and after winning Giro di Basilicata in 1983, retired from cycling.

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1958 births Living people Olympic cyclists for Italy Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Cyclists from the Province of Treviso Italian male cyclists {{Italy-cycling-bio-1950s-stub