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Giovanni Pettenella

1943 - 2010

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Giovanni Pettenella (28 March 1943 – 19 February 2010) was an Italian track cyclist. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in the sprint and a silver in the 1000 m time trial. In the semi-final of the 1,000 metres sprint Pettenella and Pierre Trentin set an Olympic record for standing still - 21 minutes and 57 seconds. After that he turned professional and competed until 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Pettenella is the 262nd most popular cyclist (up from 360th in 2019), the 3,824th most popular biography from Italy (up from 4,208th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Giovanni Pettenella ranks 262 out of 1,613. Before him are Pierre Adam, Viatcheslav Ekimov, Mogens Frey, Erik Pettersson, Denis Menchov, and Lode Wouters. After him are Franco Balmamion, Davide Rebellin, Joseph Rosemeyer, Charles Schlee, Marco Cimatti, and Alan Newton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Giovanni Pettenella ranks 537. Before him are Lynn Burke, Joan Van Ark, Toni Basil, Pat Barker, Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, and John Casper. After him are Michael Stonebraker, Gennadi Sosonko, William Chittick, David Alexandre Winter, Ron Geesin, and Lucius Shepard. Among people deceased in 2010, Giovanni Pettenella ranks 327. Before him are Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, David Brown, Kathryn Grayson, Jorge González, Roy Ward Baker, and Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir. After him are William B. Lenoir, Joseph Serge Miot, John Wooden, Walter Rudin, Pentti Linnosvuo, and Edoardo Sanguineti.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Pettenella ranks 3,825 out of 5,161. Before him are Riccardo Scamarcio (1979), Delio Rossi (1960), Pierluigi Chicca (1937), Stefano Modena (1963), Damiano David (1999), and Franco Comotti (1906). After him are Fausto Leali (1944), Vittorio Sgarbi (1952), Comunardo Niccolai (1946), Pietro Paolo Virdis (1957), Giovanni Invernizzi (1926), and Pino Caruso (1934).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Giovanni Pettenella ranks 50. Before him are Mario Ghella (1929), Renato Perona (1927), Alfredo Dinale (1900), Fabio Casartelli (1970), Vincenzo Nibali (1984), and Moreno Argentin (1960). After him are Franco Balmamion (1940), Davide Rebellin (1971), Marco Cimatti (1913), Pasquale Fornara (1925), Vasco Bergamaschi (1909), and Paolo Bettini (1974).

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