Giovanni Pettenella

Giovanni Pettenella
Giovanni Pettenella at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Giovanni Pettenella
Born (1943-03-28)28 March 1943
Caprino Veronese, Italy
Died 20 February 2010(2010-02-20) (aged 66)
Milan, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Professional team(s)
Ciclistica Corsico, Milan
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Individual sprint
1964 Tokyo 1000 m time trial
World Championships
1968 Rome Individual sprint

Giovanni Pettenella (28 March 1943 – 19 February 2010) was an Italian track cyclist. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in the sprint and a silver in the 1000 m time trial.[1][2] After that he turned professional and competed until 1975. In 1968 he won a bronze medal in the sprint at the world championships.[3]

A marble gravestone on the wall of a crypt
Pettenella's grave at the Monumental Cemetery of Milan, in 2015

He died in Milan, Italy, and is buried at the city's Monumental Cemetery.

References

  1. ↑ "Giovanni Pettenella Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Cycling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
  3. ↑ Giovanni Pettenella. cyclingarchives.com


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