Silvio Martinello (born 19 January 1963) is a retired road bicycle and track cyclist from

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. He won the gold medal in the men's points race at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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, followed by the bronze medal in the men's madison in Sydney, Australia alongside Marco Villa. He was a professional rider from 1986 to 2000.

Major results

Road

;1983 : 1st

Giro del Belvedere The Giro del Belvedere is a professional cycling race held annually in the Treviso province, Italy. It has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport ...

;1989 : 2nd

Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria The Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms ...

: 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia ;1990 : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a España ;1991 : 1st Milano–Vignola : 1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia : 1st Stage 4

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...

: 1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino : 3rd

Giro del Veneto The Giro del Veneto is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. The race is a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2012 the race merged with another Italian classic, Coppa Placci The Coppa Placci is a semi cla ...

: 7th Trofeo Pantalica : 8th Giro dell'Etna ;1992 : 1st Stage 3

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;1993 : 3rd

;1994 : 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen : 3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 5th GP Rik Van Steenbergen : 8th

Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour, ...

;1996 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 1 ::Held Jersey pink

after Stages 1–2 & 4–5 ::Held Jersey violet

after Stages 1, 4–11 & 13 : 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton : 10th

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the To ...

;1997 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Giro di Puglia ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Stage 2 Tour of Galicia : 1st Stage 4 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 3rd Giro dell'Etna ;1998 : International Rheinland–Pfalz Rundfahrt ::1st Stages 3b & 7 : 1st Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk : 2nd

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: 5th Overall Giro di Puglia ;1999 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse

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* * 1963 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Sportspeople from Padua Olympic medalists in cycling Tour de Suisse stage winners UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Italian track cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Padua {{Italy-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub