Primo Magnani (31 March 1892 – 17 June 1969) 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

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 wa ...

. 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 The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

(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 Ferrar ...

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 Pri ...

and

Franco Giorgetti Franco Giorgetti (13 October 1902 – 18 March 1983) was an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling. Giorgetti was born in Bovisio-Masciago. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antw ...

). Magnani also participated in the 50 kilometres competition but his exact result is unknown.

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* 1892 births 1969 deaths Italian male cyclists Italian track cyclists Olympic cyclists for Italy Cyclists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Sportspeople from Pavia Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Cyclists from the Province of Pavia {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub