# Luigi Arienti > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Luigi_Arienti > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Luigi_Arienti.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Arienti > Source revision: 1269331360 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian cyclist (1937–2024) Luigi Arienti Luigi Arienti (left), Mario Vallotto, Franco Testa and Marino Vigna at the 1960 Olympics Personal information Born (1937-01-06)6 January 1937 Desio, Italy Died 7 February 2024(2024-02-07) (aged 87) Desio, Italy Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) Team information Current team Retired Discipline Track cycling Role Rider Medal record Representing Italy Men's track cycling Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4000 m team pursuit **Luigi Arienti** (6 January 1937 – 7 February 2024) was an Italian [racing cyclist](/source/Racing_cyclist). At the [1960 Summer Olympics](/source/1960_Summer_Olympics), he and teammates [Marino Vigna](/source/Marino_Vigna), [Mario Vallotto](/source/Mario_Vallotto), and [Franco Testa](/source/Franco_Testa) won an [Olympic](/source/Olympic_Games) [gold medal](/source/Gold_medal) in the [team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_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](/source/Italian_National_Olympic_Committee) awarded him the Collare d'Oro for sporting merits.[2] Arienti died in [Desio](/source/Desio) on 7 February 2024, at the age of 87.[4] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sr_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sr_1-1) [Luigi Arienti](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012053/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/luigi-arienti-1.html). [Sports Reference](/source/Sports_Reference) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bio_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bio_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bio_2-2) Viganò, Danilo (8 February 2024). ["Il funambolo dei pistard. Addio a Luigi Arienti"](https://www.ilgiorno.it/monza-brianza/cronaca/il-funambolo-dei-pistard-addio-a-luigi-arienti-cf48ffe1). *[Il Giorno](/source/Il_Giorno_(newspaper))*. Retrieved 17 February 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Luigi Arienti](https://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche/coureuri/311.html) at *Cycling Archives* ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2023/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=311)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Gialanella, Luca (7 February 2024). ["Ciclismo in lutto: se n'è andato Arienti, fu oro a Roma 1960"](https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/07-02-2024/ciclismo-morto-luigi-arienti-oro-roma-1960-inseguimento-squadre.shtml). *[La Gazzetta dello Sport](/source/La_Gazzetta_dello_Sport)* (in Italian). Retrieved 17 February 2024. Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Luigi Arienti](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Luigi_Arienti). 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) This biographical article related to an Italian cycling person born in the 1930s is a stub. 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