Marino Vigna

{{Short description|Italian cyclist (born 1938)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox cyclist |name = Marino Vigna |image = Luigi Arienti, Mario Vallotto, Franco Testa, Marino Vigna 1960.jpg |caption = [[Luigi Arienti]], [[Mario Vallotto]], [[Franco Testa]] and Marino Vigna (right) at the 1960 Olympics |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1938|11|6}} |birth_place = [[Milan]], Italy |death_date = |death_place = |education = |alma_mater = |years_active = |height = {{height|m=1.72|precision=0}} |weight = {{convert|67|kg|abbr=on}} |medaltemplates = {{MedalCount | [[Summer Olympics]] | 1 | 0 | 0 }} {{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy national cycling team|Italy]]}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]|[[Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|4000 m team pursuit]]}} |show-medals = yes }}

'''Marino Vigna''' (born 6 November 1938) is an Italian retired cyclist who won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/marino-vigna-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011933/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/marino-vigna-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Marino Vigna |publisher=www.sports-reference.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/sport/sportevent.htm?sp=CYC&enum=170 |title=Medal Winners |publisher=www.databaseolympics.com |access-date=25 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113190536/http://databaseolympics.com/sport/sportevent.htm?sp=CYC&enum=170 |archive-date=13 November 2012 }}</ref>

After the Olympics he became a professional road racer and won one stage of the [[Giro d'Italia]] in 1963; the [[Tre Valli Varesine]] and one stage of the [[Tour de Romandie]] in 1964; the [[Trofeo Laigueglia]] in 1965, and the [[Milano–Torino]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8104|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120034809/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8104|url-status=usurped|archive-date=20 January 2013|title= Marino Vigna |publisher=cycling archives|access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref>

He later became a sports director for cycling teams, directing the [[Faemino–Faema|Faema]] team in the [[1969 Giro d'Italia]] when their star [[Eddy Merckx]] was expelled for a doping violation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vansevant |first=Johny |title=The Year of Eddy Merckx |url=https://nrcwebwinkel.nl/amfile/file/download/file/116228/product/249190/}}</ref>

==See also== *[[Italy national cycling team#Olympic Games|Italy national cycling team – Olympic Games]]

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