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| Born | 6 January 1937 Desio, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 February 2024 (aged 87) Desio, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track cycling | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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Luigi Arienti (6 January 1937 – 7 February 2024) was an Italian racing cyclist. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he and teammates Marino Vigna, Mario Vallotto, and Franco Testa won an Olympic gold medal in the team pursuit, with a time of 4:30.90.[1]
Arienti was one of the best Italian amateur cyclists in 1960, and was selected for the Olympic games.[2]After the Olympic Games, Arienti became professional, focussing on track events and six-day racing.[1] After 1972 he ended his career.[3] After the retirement, he served as managing director of the Salus Seregno junior team.[2] In 2015, he the Italian National Olympic Committee awarded him the Collare d'Oro for sporting merits.[2]
Arienti died in Desio on 7 February 2024, at the age of 87.[4]
- ^ a b Luigi Arienti. Sports Reference
- ^ a b c Viganò, Danilo (8 February 2024). "Il funambolo dei pistard. Addio a Luigi Arienti". Il Giorno. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Luigi Arienti at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ^ Gialanella, Luca (7 February 2024). "Ciclismo in lutto: se n'è andato Arienti, fu oro a Roma 1960". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 17 February 2024.