Franco Giorgetti
Giorgetti at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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| Full name | Franco Giorgetti | ||||||||||||
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13 October 1902 Bovisio-Masciago, Italy |
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| Died | 18 March 1983 (aged 80) Varese, Italy |
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
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Franco Giorgetti (13 October 1902 – 18 March 1983) was an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling.
Giorgetti was born in Bovisio-Masciago. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp (with Arnaldo Carli, Ruggero Ferrario and Primo Magnani). Giorgetti also specialized in six-day racing. He won the prestigious Six Days of New York a record eight times, the first time in 1926 with Reggie McNamara. He died in Varese, aged 80.
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