Giovanni Pettenella

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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.[1][2] 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.[3] After that he turned professional and competed until 1975. In 1968 he won a bronze medal in the sprint at the world championships.[4]

A marble gravestone on the wall of a crypt
Pettenella's grave at the Monumental Cemetery of Milan, in 2015

He died in Milan, Italy, and is buried at the city's Monumental Cemetery.

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  2. "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Cycling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
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  4. Giovanni Pettenella. cyclingarchives.com

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