Luigi Arienti
Italian cyclist (1937–2024)
Luigi Arienti Born (1937-01-06 ) 6 January 1937Desio , Italy Died 7 February 2024(2024-02-07) (aged 87) Desio, Italy Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) Current team Retired Discipline Track cycling Role Rider
Luigi Arienti (6 January 1937 – 7 February 2024) was an Italian racing cyclist . At the 1960 Summer Olympics , he and teammates Marino Vigna , Mario Vallotto , and Franco Testa won an Olympic gold medal in the team pursuit , with a time of 4:30.90.[ 1]
Arienti was one of the best Italian amateur cyclists in 1960, and was selected for the Olympic games.[ 2] After the Olympic Games, Arienti became professional, focussing on track events and six-day racing.[ 1] After 1972 he ended his career.[ 3] After the retirement, he served as managing director of the Salus Seregno junior team.[ 2] In 2015, he the Italian National Olympic Committee awarded him the Collare d'Oro for sporting merits.[ 2]
Arienti died in Desio on 7 February 2024, at the age of 87.[ 4]
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1908 : Jones , Kingsbury , Meredith , Payne (GBR )
1920 : Carli , Ferrario , Giorgetti , Magnani (ITA )
1924 : De Martino , Dinale , Menegazzi , Zucchetti (ITA )
1928 : Facciani , Gaioni , Lusiani , Tasselli (ITA )
1932 : Cimatti , Pedretti , Ghilardi , Borsari (ITA )
1936 : Charpentier , Goujon , Lapébie , Le Nizerhy (FRA )
1948 : Adam , Blusson , Coste , Decanali (FRA )
1952 : Campana , De Rossi , Messina , Morettini (ITA )
1956 : Domenicali , Faggin , Gandini , Gasparella , Pizzali (ITA )
1960 : Arienti , Testa , Vallotto , Vigna (ITA )
1964 : Claesges , Henrichs , Link , Streng (EUA )
1968 : Frey , Asmussen , Lyngemark , Olsen (DEN )
1972 : Schumacher , Colombo , Haritz , Hempel (FRG )
1976 : Vonhof , Braun , Lutz , Schumacher (FRG )
1980 : Manakov , Movchan , Osokin , Petrakov , Krasnov (URS )
1984 : Grenda , Nichols , Turtur , Woods (AUS )
1988 : Ekimov , Kasputis , Nelyubin , Umaras (URS )
1992 : Steinweg , Walzer , Fulst , Glöckner , Lehmann (GER )
1996 : Capelle , Ermenault , Monin , Moreau (FRA )
2000 : Fulst , Bartko , Becke , Lehmann , Pollack (GER )
2004 : Brown , Lancaster , McGee , Roberts (AUS )
2008 : Clancy , Manning , Thomas , Wiggins (GBR )
2012 : Clancy , Thomas , Burke , Kennaugh (GBR )
2016 : Clancy , Burke , Doull , Wiggins (GBR )
2020 : Consonni , Ganna , Lamon , Milan (ITA )
2024 : Bleddyn , Welsford , Leahy , O'Brien (AUS )