Mino De Rossi
Italian cyclist (1931–2022)
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Mino De Rossi (21 May 1931 – 7 January 2022) was an Italian road and track cyclist, who won the gold medal in the men's 4.000m team pursuit at the 1952 Summer Olympics, alongside Marino Morettini, Loris Campana and Guido Messina.[1] He was a professional road cyclist from 1952 to 1968. De Rossi died on 7 January 2022, at the age of 90.[2]
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| Full name | Mino De Rossi | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 May 1931 Arquata Scrivia, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 January 2022 (aged 90) Genoa, Italy | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road and track | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 1952–1954 | Bianchi–Pirelli | ||||||||||||||
| 1955 | Leo–Chlorodont | ||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Fréjus–Superga | ||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Ignis–Doniselli | ||||||||||||||
| 1958 | Asborno–Frejus | ||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Fides | ||||||||||||||
| 1962–1967 | Ignis–Moschettieri | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
Track
- 1951
- 1st
Individual pursuit, UCI Amateur Track World Championships - 1952
- 1st
Team pursuit, Summer Olympics - 2nd
Individual pursuit, UCI Amateur Track World Championships - 1959
- 1st Six Days of Buenos Aires (with Jorge Bátiz)
- 1963
- 1st Six Days of Montreal (with Ferdinando Terruzzi)
Road
- 1952
- 2nd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 1953
- 10th Giro di Lombardia
- 1954
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 4th Giro di Romagna
- 1967
- 3rd Giro dell'Appennino
