# Guido Messina > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Guido_Messina > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Guido_Messina.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Messina > Source revision: 1259939808 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian cyclist (1931–2020) Guido Messina Personal information Full name Guido Messina Born (1931-01-04)4 January 1931 Monreale, Italy[1] Died 10 January 2020(2020-01-10) (aged 89) Caselette, Italy Team information Discipline Track, road Role Rider Medal record Men's cycling: 4000 m pursuit Representing Italy Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Team World Championships 1948 Amsterdam Ind., amateur 1950 Rocourt Ind., amateur 1951 Milan Ind., amateur 1953 Zürich Ind., amateur 1954 Cologne Ind., prof. 1955 Milan Ind., prof. 1956 Copenhagen Ind., prof. 1957 Rocourt Ind., prof. **Guido Messina** (4 January 1931 – 10 January 2020) was an Italian [road](/source/Road_bicycle_racing) and [track cyclist](/source/Track_cyclist). He was born in [Monreale](/source/Monreale), [Italy](/source/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](/source/1955_Giro_d'Italia).[1][2] He died six days after his 89th birthday on 10 January 2020. ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sr_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sr_1-1) Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Guido Messina"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013052/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/guido-messina-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/guido-messina-1.html) on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Guido Messina](https://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche/coureuri/5913.html) at *Cycling Archives* ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2023/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=5913)) ## External links Media related to [Guido Messina](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Guido_Messina) at Wikimedia Commons - [Guido Messina](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/15646) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [Guido Messina](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/guido-messina) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) 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) v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's individual pursuit 1946: Gerard Peters (NED) 1947: Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1948: Gerrit Schulte (NED) 1949: Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1950: Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) 1951: Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA) 1952: Sid Patterson (AUS) 1953: Sid Patterson (AUS) 1954: Guido Messina (ITA) 1955: Guido Messina (ITA) 1956: Guido Messina (ITA) 1957: Roger Rivière (FRA) 1958: Roger Rivière (FRA) 1959: Roger Rivière (FRA) 1960: Rudi Altig (FRG) 1961: Rudi Altig (FRG) 1962: Henk Nijdam (NED) 1963: Leandro Faggin (ITA) 1964: Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) 1965: Leandro Faggin (ITA) 1966: Leandro Faggin (ITA) 1967: Tiemen Groen (NED) 1968: Hugh Porter (GBR) 1969: Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) 1970: Hugh Porter (GBR) 1971: Dirk Baert (BEL) 1972: Hugh Porter (GBR) 1973: Hugh Porter (GBR) 1974: Roy Schuiten (NED) 1975: Roy Schuiten (NED) 1976: Francesco Moser (ITA) 1977: Gregor Braun (FRG) 1978: Gregor Braun (FRG) 1979: Bert Oosterbosch (NED) 1980: Tony Doyle (GBR) 1981: Alain Bondue (FRA) 1982: Alain Bondue (FRA) 1983: Steele Bishop (AUS) 1984: Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) 1985: Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) 1986: Tony Doyle (GBR) 1987: Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN) 1988: Lech Piasecki (POL) 1989: Colin Sturgess (GBR) 1990: Viatcheslav Ekimov (URS) 1991: Francis Moreau (FRA) 1992: Mike McCarthy (USA) 1993: Graeme Obree (GBR) 1994: Chris Boardman (GBR) 1995: Graeme Obree (GBR) 1996: Chris Boardman (GBR) 1997: Philippe Ermenault (FRA) 1998: Philippe Ermenault (FRA) 1999: Robert Bartko (GER) 2000: Jens Lehmann (GER) 2001: Alex Symonenko (UKR) 2002: Bradley McGee (AUS) 2003: Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 2004: Sergi Escobar (ESP) 2005: Robert Bartko (GER) 2006: Robert Bartko (GER) 2007: Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 2008: Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 2009: Taylor Phinney (USA) 2010: Taylor Phinney (USA) 2011: Jack Bobridge (AUS) 2012: Michael Hepburn (AUS) 2013: Michael Hepburn (AUS) 2014: Alex Edmondson (AUS) 2015: Stefan Küng (SUI) 2016: Filippo Ganna (ITA) 2017: Jordan Kerby (AUS) 2018: Filippo Ganna (ITA) 2019: Filippo Ganna (ITA) 2020: Filippo Ganna (ITA) 2021: Ashton Lambie (USA) 2022: Filippo Ganna (ITA) 2023: Filippo Ganna (ITA) 2024: Jonathan Milan (ITA) 2025: Josh Charlton (GBR) This biographical article related to an Italian cycling person born in the 1930s is a stub. 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