Guido Messina
Guido Messina (4 January 1931 – 10 January 2020) was an Italian road and track cyclist. On track he won five world titles in the individual 4000 m pursuit between 1948 and 1956, and a gold medal with the Italian team at the 1952 Olympics (individual pursuit became an Olympic event only in 1964, when Messina retired from cycling). Between 1954 and 1963 he rode professionally and won the first stage of the 1955 Giro d'Italia.[1][2]
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| Full name | Guido Messina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1931 Monreale, Italy[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 January 2020 (aged 89) Caselette, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track, road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guido Messina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
- Guido Messina at Cycling Archives
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