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{{Short description|Italian cyclist (1929–2020)}}
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| birth_date     = {{birth date|1929|6|23|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Chieri]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]
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| discipline     = Track
| role           = Rider
| ridertype      = Sprinter
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{{MedalCountry| {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[track cycling]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]] | [[Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint|Individual sprint]]}}
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'''Mario Ghella''' (23 June 1929 – 10 February 2020) was an Italian [[racing cyclist]] and Olympic champion in [[track cycling]].

==Biography==
Mario Ghella was born in [[Chieri]] on 23 June 1929.<ref name =Olympedia/>

Ghella won a gold medal in the [[Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint|men's individual sprint cycling]] event at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] in London.<ref name=Olympedia/><ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gh/mario-ghella-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418014458/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gh/mario-ghella-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Mario Ghella Olympic Results |accessdate=18 July 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref><ref name=db-ol-CYC1948>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=12&sp=CYC "1948 Summer Olympics &ndash; London, United Kingdom &ndash; Cycling"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222013125/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=12&sp=CYC |date=22 February 2007 }} ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 7 June 2008)</ref>

Ghella died on 10 February 2020, at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news |title=Si è spenta nell'oblio la leggenda Mario Ghella|magazine=Il Corriere di Chieri e dintorni|page=54|date=17 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=Olympedia/>

==References==
{{Reflist | refs=
<ref name="Olympedia">{{Olympedia|14479}}</ref>
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==External links==
* {{Sports-reference|gh/mario-ghella-1.html}}

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[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Italian male cyclists]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic cyclists for Italy]]
[[Category:Italian track cyclists]]
[[Category:Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Turin]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in cycling]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]


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