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Mar 28, 1943 Caprino Veronese, Veneto, Italy Died on 19 Feb 2010 (aged 66)
Italian sprint cyclist
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About Giovanni Pettenella
- 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.
- 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.
- After that he turned professional and competed until 1975.
- In 1968 he won a bronze medal in the sprint at the world championships. He died in Milan, Italy, and is buried at the city's Monumental Cemetery.
