Luigi Arienti

Luigi Arienti's Olympic jersey in the Museo del Ciclismo Madonna del Ghisallo

Luigi Arienti (born January 6, 1937 in San Carlo di Desio ) is a former Italian cyclist .

Athletic career

At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 , Luigi Arienti and the Italian four-man team were Olympic champion in the team pursuit , together with Marino Vigna , Franco Testa and Mario Vallotto . He then switched to the professionals and was five times Italian runner-up in the single pursuit . In 1967 he was tested positive for doping agents at the UCI track world championships and was fined. He also started in road races and six-day races , but without major success. In 1972 he ended his cycling career. During his career as a professional driver, he achieved four victories in road races. At the Giro d`Italia he was part of the Molteni team in 1961 and finished the tour in 64th place.

Individual evidence

^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 36/1967 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1967, p. 5 .
↑ Luciano Boccaccini, Giovanni Tarello: Annuario Storico Del Ciclismo . Publialfa Edizion, Milan 1994, p. 24 (Italian).

Web links

Commons : Luigi Arienti - Collection of Images

Luigi Arienti in the Radsportseiten.net database

Luigi Arienti in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Luigi Arienti on medagliedoro.org

personal data
SURNAME	Arienti, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 6, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Carlo di Desio

[1] Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 36/1967 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1967, p. 5 .

[2] Luciano Boccaccini, Giovanni Tarello: Annuario Storico Del Ciclismo . Publialfa Edizion, Milan 1994, p. 24 (Italian).