# Valentino Gasparella

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Italian cyclist (born 1935)

Valentino Gasparella André Gruchet, Valentino Gasparella and Sante Gaiardoni at the 1959 World Championships Personal information Full name Valentino Gasparella Born (1935-06-30) 30 June 1935 (age 91) Vicenza, Italy Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Weight 72 kg (159 lb) Team information Discipline Track Role Rider Medal record Representing Italy Men's track cycling Olympic Games Melbourne 1956 Team pursuit Rome 1960 1000 m sprint World championships 1957 Rocourt Sprint 1958 Paris Sprint 1959 Amsterdam Sprint

**Valentino Gasparella** (born 30 June 1935) is a retired Italian track cyclist. He won a gold medal in the [team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit) at the [1956 Summer Olympics](/source/1956_Summer_Olympics) in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) (with [Antonio Domenicali](/source/Antonio_Domenicali), [Leandro Faggin](/source/Leandro_Faggin) and [Franco Gandini](/source/Franco_Gandini)).[1] In the 1000 m sprint he won the world title in 1958 and 1959, and two bronze medals: at the 1957 World Championships and [1960 Summer Olympics](/source/1960_Summer_Olympics).[2][3] In 1959 he won the International Champion of Champions sprint at [Herne Hill](/source/Herne_Hill) [velodrome](/source/Velodrome).

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-db-ol-CYC1956_1-0)** ["1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Cycling"](http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=14&sp=CYC) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070901104842/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=14&sp=CYC) 1 September 2007 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) *databaseOlympics.com* (Retrieved on 12 October 2008)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sports-reference_2-0)** ["Valentino Gasparella"](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/valentino-gasparella-1.html). *sports-reference.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Valentino Gasparella](https://archive.today/20130425172157/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=21617). cyclingarchives.com

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)

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