Antonio Maspes

Antonio Maspes
Maspes in 1963
Personal information
Full nameAntonio Maspes
Born(1932-01-14)14 January 1932
Milan, Italy
Died19 October 2000(2000-10-19) (aged 68)
Milan, Italy
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprint
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Helsinki Tandem
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1955 Milan Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1956 Copenhagen Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1959 Amsterdam Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1960 Leipzig Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1961 Zürich Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1962 Milan Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1964 Paris Sprint
Silver medal – second place 1963 Rocourt Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Paris Sprint

Antonio Maspes (14 January 1932 – 19 October 2000) was an Italian world champion sprinter cyclist. Maspes was born and died in Milan. Maspes won seven professional world championship sprint titles between 1955 and 1964. He competed in the men's tandem event at the 1952 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. Maspes also had a record five consecutive titles in the Grand Prix de Paris (1960-1964).[1]

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

After his death, the Velodromo Vigorelli in Milano, where Maspes began with racing competitions, was renamed into Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Antonio Maspes Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-01-01.