Franco Gandini

Franco Gandini
Personal information
Born (1936-07-28) 28 July 1936 (age 87)
Parma, Italy
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeEndurance
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place Melbourne 1956 Team pursuit

Franco Gandini (born 28 July 1936) is an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling.

He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (with Antonio Domenicali, Leandro Faggin and Valentino Gasparella).[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Cycling" Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 12 October 2008)
  2. ^ "Franco Gandini Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.