Attilio Pavesi

Attilio Pavesi ( born October 1, 1910 in Caorso, Italy; † August 2, 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina ) was an Italian cyclist.

Career

Pavesi won the gold medal in the 100 -km individual time trial at the Olympic Summer Games 1932 in Los Angeles. He covered the distance in 2 hours 28 min. 5 sec, equivalent to an average speed of 40.514 km / h. Together with Guglielmo Segato, the silver medalist in the individual competition, and Giuseppe Olmo won Pavesi also the team standings.

1933 Pavesi professional in the team Maino -Clement, 1934, he drove for Bianchi. Outstanding results as a professional he not scored. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was for a six day race in Buenos Aires and decided to stay in Argentina. There he opened a bicycle shop and organized bike races.

In the velodrome of Fiorenzuola d' Arda, 2008, the " Museo Attilio Pavesi " was opened and named the velodrome in the meantime after him. He died at the age of 100 years in a retirement home in Buenos Aires, as at that time the oldest still living Olympic champion.

Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics Rudolph Lewis Harry Stenqvist Armand Blanchonnet Henry Hansen (cyclist) Fabian Cancellara Bradley Wiggins List of Olympic medalists in cycling (women) Ragnar Malm Axel Persson Fernand Canteloube Achille Souchard Georges Wambst Leo Nielsen Robert Charpentier Lode Wouters Lucien Victor Michel Vermeulin Evert Dolman Gerben Karstens Jan Pieterse Bart Zoet Fedor den Hertog Jan Krekels Joop Zoetemelk Aavo Pikkuus Marco Giovannetti Eros Poli Uwe Ampler Mario Kummer Maik Landsmann Jan Schur Bernd Dittert Christian Meyer (cyclist) Uwe Peschel Michael Rich (cyclist)
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