Leandro Faggin (18 July 1933 – 6 December 1970) was an Italian

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, Olympic champion and world champion in

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Biography

He won a gold medal in the 1000 m time trial at the

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."1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Cycling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 7 June 2008) He was also a member of the Italian team that won a gold medal in

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at the 1956 Olympics. He is three times gold winner in

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in the

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, from 1963, 1965 and 1966, and has also three silver medals and three bronze medals.

Death

Faggin died of cancer aged just 37 years in 1970. In the 2000s, his name was included into a list of cases under investigation for possible use of doping in cycling.

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1933 births 1970 deaths Italian male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for Italy Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy Sportspeople from Padua Olympic gold medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Italian track cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Padua 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub

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