Giovanni Pettenella (28 March 1943 – 19 February 2010) was an Italian track cyclist. At the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

he won a gold medal in the sprint and a silver in the 1000 m time trial."1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Cycling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 7, 2008) In the semi-final of the 1,000 metres sprint Pettenella and

Pierre Trentin Pierre Trentin (born 15 May 1944) is a retired French cyclist who was active between 1961 and 1984. He was most successful in sprint track events, in which he won two gold and two bronze Olympic medals, as well as 11 medals at world championshi ...

set an Olympic record for standing still - 21 minutes and 57 seconds. After that he turned professional and competed until 1975. In 1968 he won a bronze medal in the sprint at the world championships.Giovanni Pettenella
cyclingarchives.com Giovanni Pettenella grave Milan 2015

He died in

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, Italy, and is buried at the city's

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1943 births 2010 deaths Italian male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy Italian track cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Verona Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub