Guido Messina

{{Short description|Italian cyclist (1931–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Guido Messina | image = Guido Messina 3.jpg | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Guido Messina | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|1|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Monreale]], [[Italy]]<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/guido-messina-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013052/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/guido-messina-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Guido Messina |access-date=2012-12-28}}</ref> | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|10|1931|1|4|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Caselette]], Italy | height = | weight = | discipline = [[Track cycling|Track]], road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[cycling (sport)|cycling]]: 4000 m pursuit }} {{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]] | [[Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team]] }} {{MedalCompetition | [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[1948 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1948 Amsterdam]] | Ind., amateur }} {{MedalBronze | [[1950 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1950 Rocourt]] | Ind., amateur }} {{MedalBronze | [[1951 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1951 Milan]] | Ind., amateur }} {{MedalGold | [[1953 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1953 Zürich]] | Ind., amateur }} {{MedalGold | [[1954 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1954 Cologne]] | Ind., prof. }} {{MedalGold | [[1955 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1955 Milan]] | Ind., prof. }} {{MedalGold | [[1956 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1956 Copenhagen]] | Ind., prof. }} {{MedalBronze | [[1957 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1957 Rocourt]] | Ind., prof. }} | show-medals = yes }}

'''Guido Messina''' (4 January 1931 – 10 January 2020) was an Italian [[road bicycle racing|road]] and [[track cyclist]].

He was born in [[Monreale]], [[Italy]], on 4 January 1931. On track he won five world titles in the individual 4000 m pursuit between 1948 and 1956, and a gold medal with the Italian team at the 1952 Olympics (individual pursuit became an Olympic event only in 1964, when Messina retired from cycling). Between 1954 and 1963 he rode professionally and won the first stage of the [[1955 Giro d'Italia]].<ref name=sr /><ref>{{Cycling Archives|5913}}</ref> He died six days after his 89th birthday on 10 January 2020.

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Guido Messina}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com profile|guido-messina}}

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