Mario Ghella (23 June 1929 – 10 February 2020) was an Italian

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

and Olympic champion in

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Biography

Ghella was born in

Chieri Chieri (; pms, Cher) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont (Italy), located about southeast of Turin, by rail and by road. It borders the following municipalities: Baldissero Torinese, Pavarolo, Montaldo Torine ...

on 23 June 1929. He won a gold medal in the men’s individual sprint cycling event at the

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."1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Cycling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 7 June 2008) He died on 10 February 2020.

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* 1929 births 2020 deaths Italian male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for Italy Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy Italian track cyclists Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Turin Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Piedmont {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub