Marino Morettini (2 January 1931 – 10 December 1990) was a

road bicycle The term road bicycle is used to describe bicycles built for traveling at speed on paved roads. Some sources use the term to mean racing bicycle. Other sources specifically exclude racing bicycles from the definition, using the term to mean a ...

and

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

from

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

, who won the silver medal in the men's 1.000m time trial at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. At the same Olympic tournament he claimed the gold medal in the men's 4.000m team pursuit, alongside

Loris Campana Loris Campana (3 August 1926–3 September 2015) was an Italian road and track cyclist who won the gold medal in the men's 4000m team pursuit at the 1952 Summer Olympics, alongside Marino Morettini, Mino de Rossi and Guido Messina Guid ...

, Mino De Rossi and

Guido Messina Guido Messina (4 January 1931 – 10 January 2020) was an Italian road and track cyclist. He was born in Monreale, Italy, on 4 January 1931. On track he won five world titles in the individual 4000 m pursuit between 1948 and 1956, and a gold m ...

. He was a professional rider from 1954 to 1963.

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* 1931 births 1990 deaths Italian track cyclists Italian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Cyclists from the Province of Bergamo Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub