CYCLIST

Fausto Coppi

1919 - 1960

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Angelo Fausto Coppi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfausto ˈkɔppi]; 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960) was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo ("Champion of Champions"). He was an all-round racing cyclist: he excelled in both climbing and time trialing, and was also a good sprinter. He won the Giro d'Italia five times (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953), the Tour de France twice (1949 and 1952), and the World Championship in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fausto Coppi is the 2nd most popular cyclist, the 737th most popular biography from Italy (down from 724th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Cyclist.

Fausto Coppi is most famous for being the first cyclist to win the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in the same year.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Fausto Coppi ranks 2 out of 1,613. Before him are Eddy Merckx. After him are Jacques Anquetil, Rik Van Looy, Maurice Garin, Gino Bartali, Raymond Poulidor, Bernard Hinault, Roger De Vlaeminck, Miguel Induráin, Tom Simpson, and Lucien Petit-Breton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Fausto Coppi ranks 21. Before him are Zhao Ziyang, Moïse Tshombe, William Lipscomb, Desmond Doss, Matilde Camus, and Walter Scheel. After him are Pierre Trudeau, Georgios Papadopoulos, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Lino Ventura, Margot Fonteyn, and Jack Palance. Among people deceased in 1960, Fausto Coppi ranks 14. Before him are Wilhelm Pieck, Melanie Klein, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Paula Hitler, Walther Funk, and A. L. Kroeber. After him are Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Walter Baade, Antonie Pannekoek, Aloysius Stepinac, and Igor Kurchatov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Fausto Coppi ranks 737 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Agnelli (1866), Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), Lucullus (-118), Marcus Furius Camillus (-446), and Salvatore Quasimodo (1901). After him are Desiderius (710), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Odilo Globočnik (1904), Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Rudolph Valentino (1895), and Giacomo della Porta (1533).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Fausto Coppi ranks 1. After him are Maurice Garin (1871), Gino Bartali (1914), Felice Gimondi (1942), Alfredo Binda (1902), Marco Pantani (1970), Francesco Moser (1951), Ottavio Bottecchia (1894), Luigi Ganna (1883), Gastone Nencini (1930), Ercole Baldini (1933), and Fiorenzo Magni (1920).

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