# Franco Giorgetti

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Italian cyclist (1902–1983)

Franco Giorgetti Franco Giorgetti Personal information Full name Franco Giorgetti Born (1902-10-13)13 October 1902 Bovisio-Masciago, Italy Died 18 March 1983(1983-03-18) (aged 80) Varese, Italy Team information Discipline Track Role Rider Medal record Men's track cycling Representing Italy Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 Team pursuit

**Franco Giorgetti** (13 October 1902 – 18 March 1983) was an Italian [racing cyclist](/source/Racing_cyclist) and Olympic champion in [track cycling](/source/Track_cycling).[1]

Giorgetti was born in [Bovisio-Masciago](/source/Bovisio-Masciago). He won a gold medal in the [team pursuit](/source/Team_pursuit) at the [1920 Summer Olympics](/source/1920_Summer_Olympics) in [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp) (with [Arnaldo Carli](/source/Arnaldo_Carli), [Ruggero Ferrario](/source/Ruggero_Ferrario) and [Primo Magnani](/source/Primo_Magnani)). Giorgetti also specialized [motor-paced racing](/source/Motor-paced_racing). He was the American motor-paced champion in 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 1934 and won the Italian championship in 1933 and 1941. He was a top [six-day racer](/source/Six-day_racing) as well. He won the prestigious [Six Days of New York](/source/Six_Days_of_New_York) a record eight times, the first time in 1926 with [Reggie McNamara](/source/Reggie_McNamara). He returned to Italy before [World War II](/source/World_War_II) and died in [Varese](/source/Varese), aged 80.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Olympedia_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Olympedia_1-1) ["Franco Giorgetti"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14501). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

## External links

- [Franco Giorgetti](https://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche/coureuri/11194.html) at *Cycling Archives* ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2023/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=11194))

- [Franco Giorgetti](https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/213838) at *ProCyclingStats*

- [Franco Giorgetti](https://www.cyclebase.nl/cb-content/index.php?lang=en&page=renner&id=6304) at *CycleBase* ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.cyclebase.nl/cb-content/index.php?lang=en&page=renner&id=6304))

- [Franco Giorgetti](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14501) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Franco Giorgetti](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/franco-giorgetti) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Franco Giorgetti](https://www.coni.it/it/italia-team/olimpiadi/scheda_atleta/medagliato/407:.html) at the [*Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano*](/source/Italian_National_Olympic_Committee) (in Italian)

v t e Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Team Pursuit 1908: Jones, Kingsbury, Meredith, Payne (GBR) 1920: Carli, Ferrario, Giorgetti, Magnani (ITA) 1924: De Martini, Dinale, Menegazzi, Zucchetti (ITA) 1928: Facciani, Gaioni, Lusiani, Tasselli (ITA) 1932: Cimatti, Pedretti, Ghilardi, Borsari (ITA) 1936: Charpentier, Goujon, Lapébie, Le Nizerhy (FRA) 1948: Adam, Blusson, Coste, Decanali (FRA) 1952: Campana, De Rossi, Messina, Morettini (ITA) 1956: Domenicali, Faggin, Gandini, Gasparella, Pizzali (ITA) 1960: Arienti, Testa, Vallotto, Vigna (ITA) 1964: Claesges, Henrichs, Link, Streng (EUA) 1968: Frey, Asmussen, Lyngemark, Olsen (DEN) 1972: Schumacher, Colombo, Haritz, Hempel (FRG) 1976: Vonhof, Braun, Lutz, Schumacher (FRG) 1980: Manakov, Movchan, Osokin, Petrakov, Krasnov (URS) 1984: Grenda, Nichols, Turtur, Woods (AUS) 1988: Ekimov, Kasputis, Nelyubin, Umaras (URS) 1992: Steinweg, Walzer, Fulst, Glöckner, Lehmann (GER) 1996: Capelle, Ermenault, Monin, Moreau (FRA) 2000: Fulst, Bartko, Becke, Lehmann, Pollack (GER) 2004: Brown, Lancaster, McGee, Roberts (AUS) 2008: Clancy, Manning, Thomas, Wiggins (GBR) 2012: Clancy, Thomas, Burke, Kennaugh (GBR) 2016: Clancy, Burke, Doull, Wiggins (GBR) 2020: Consonni, Ganna, Lamon, Milan (ITA) 2024: Bleddyn, Welsford, Leahy, O'Brien (AUS)

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