Mario Benetton

{{short description|Italian cyclist}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Mario Benetton | image = Benetton_Citton_1999.jpg | image_size = | caption = Benetton (left) with [[Cristiano Citton]] | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Padua]], Italy | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Track and road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | amateuryears2 = | amateurteam2 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | proyears2 = | proteam2 = | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[track cycling]]}} {{MedalCountry| {{ITA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Track World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1996 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1996 Manchester]]|Team pursuit}} {{MedalGold|[[1997 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1997 Perth]]|Team pursuit}} {{MedalBronze|[[1998 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1998 Bordeaux]]|Team pursuit}} | show-medals = }} '''Mario Benetton''' (born 1 January 1974) is an Italian former [[track cyclist]]. He won the [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|team pursuit]], at the [[1997 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]]. He also competed at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.olympic.org/mario-benetton | title=Mario Benetton | work=Olympic.org | accessdate=1 March 2020}}</ref>

==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;1997 : 1st [[File:Jersey_rainbow.svg|20px]] [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[1997 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Track Championships]] : 1st Stage 6 [[Paths of King Nikola]] : [[1997 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|World Cup Classics]] ::3rd Team pursuit, Quatro Sant'Elana ;1998 : 3rd [[File:Bronze medal blank.svg|15px]] [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[1998 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Track Championships]] (with [[Andrea Collinelli]], [[Adler Capelli]] & [[Cristiano Citton]]) : [[1998 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|World Cup Classics]] ::1st Team pursuit, Hyères ;1999 : [[1999 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|World Cup Classics]] ::3rd Team pursuit, Valencia ;2000 : [[2000 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|World Cup Classics]] ::1st Team pursuit, Mexico City {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Cycling Archives|12830}} * {{sports-reference|be/mario-benetton-1.html}}

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