Antonio Maspes
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| Full name | Antonio Maspes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1932 Milan, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 October 2000 (aged 68) Milan, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Antonio Maspes (14 January 1932 – 19 October 2000) was an Italian world champion sprinter cyclist. Maspes was born and died in Milan. Maspes won seven professional world championship sprint titles between 1959 and 1964. He competed in the men's tandem event at the 1952 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. Maspes also had a record five consecutive titles in the Grand Prix de Paris (1960-1964).[1]
Maspes's grave at the Monumental Cemetery of Milan in 2015
After his death, the Velodromo Vigorelli in Milano, where Maspes began with racing competitions, was renamed into Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli.[1]
Palmarès[]
- 1948
- 1st,
- 1949
- 1st, Sprint, National championship
- 1952
- 1st, Sprint, National championship
- 3rd, Tandem,
- 1953
- 1st, Sprint, National championship
- 1954
- 3rd, , Sprint
- 1st, Sprint, National championship
- 1955
- 1st, , Milan
- 1956
- 3rd, GP de Paris
- 1st, Sprint, National championship
- 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Copenhagen
- 1957
- 1st, Sprint, National championship
- 1958
- 3rd, World championship, professional sprint, Paris
- 1959
- 1st, Sprint, National championship
- 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Amsterdam
- 1960
- 1st, GP de Paris, Sprint
- 1st, Sprint, National championship
- 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Leipzig
- 1961
- 1st, GP de Paris, Sprint
- 1st, Sprint, National championship
- 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Zürich
- 1962
- 1st, GP de Paris, Sprint
- 1st, Sprint, National championship
- 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Milan
- 1963
- 1st, GP de Paris, Sprint
- 1st, Sprint, National championship
- 2nd, World championship, professional sprint, Rocourt
- 1964
- 1st, GP de Paris, Sprint
- 1st, World championship, professional sprint, Paris
- 2nd, Sprint, National championship
- 1965
- 1st, Sprint, National championship
See also[]
- Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame
References[]
- ^ a b "Antonio Maspes Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
External links[]
- Antonio Maspes at Cycling Archives
- Antonio Maspes at Munzinger Sports Archives (in German)
- Antonio Maspes at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Antonio Maspes at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1932 births
- 2000 deaths
- Cyclists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Italian male cyclists
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic cyclists of Italy
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Cyclists from Milan
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Italian track cyclists