Franco Giorgetti (13 October 1902 – 18 March 1983) was an Italian

racing cyclist Cycle sport is 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 cycling s ...

and Olympic champion in

track cycling 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 ...

. Giorgetti was born in

Bovisio-Masciago Bovisio-Masciago ( lmo, label= Brianzoeu, Bovis-Masciagh ), is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan. Geography Bovisio Masciago is located in the Po Valley, ...

. He won a gold medal in the

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp (with

Arnaldo Carli Arnaldo Carli (30 July 1901 – 14 September 1972) was an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling. He was born in Milan. Carli won a gold medal in team pursuit at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp (with Ruggero Ferra ...

Ruggero Ferrario Ruggero Ferrario (7 October 1897 – 5 April 1976) was an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling. He won a gold medal in team pursuit at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp (with Arnaldo Carli, Franco Giorgetti and Pr ...

and

Primo Magnani Primo Magnani (31 March 1892 – 17 June 1969) was an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp (with Arnaldo Carli, Ruggero Ferrario and Fra ...

)."1920 Summer Olympics – Antwerp, Belgium – Cycling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 12 October 2008) Giorgetti also specialized in

six-day racing Six-day cycling is a track cycling event that competes over six days. Six-day races started in Britain, spread to many regions of the world, were brought to their modern style in the United States and are now mainly a European event. Initially, ...

. He won the prestigious Six Days of New York a record eight times, the first time in 1926 with Reggie McNamara. He died in

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

, aged 80.

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* * * * * * 1902 births 1983 deaths Italian male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for Italy Cyclists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Italy Italian track cyclists Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics People from Brianza Cyclists from the Province of Monza e Brianza {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub