Arnaldo Benfenati
Arnaldo Benfenati (born May 26, 1924 in San Lazzaro di Savena , † June 9, 1986 in Castel San Pietro Terme ) was an Italian cyclist and world champion.
In 1947 Arnaldo Benfenati became world champion in the single pursuit of amateurs in Paris . The following year he won the silver medal in the team pursuit at the Olympic Games in London , together with Guido Bernardi , Anselmo Citterio and Rino Pucci . In 1947 and 1948 he was also the Italian master of the amateurs in pursuit. In 1949 he won the Gran Premio della Liberazione road race as a professional . In 1952 he resigned from active cycling.
Web links
- Arnaldo Benfenati in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Arnaldo Benfenati in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
1946 Roger Rioland | 1947 Arnaldo Benfenati | 1948, 1953 Guido Messina | 1949 Knud E. Andersen | 1950 Sydney Patterson | 1951 Mino De Rossi | 1952 Piet van Heusden | 1954 Leandro Faggin | 1955, 1958 Norman Sheil | 1957 Carlo Simonigh | 1959 Rudi Altig | 1960 Marcel Delattre | 1961 Henk Nijdam | 1962 Kaj E. Jensen | 1963 Jean Walschaerts | 1964–66 Tiemen Groen | 1967 Gert Bongers | 1968 Mogens Frey | 1969, 1970 Xaver Kurmann | 1971 Martín Emilio Rodríguez | 1973 Knut Knudsen | 1974 Hans Lutz | 1975 Thomas Huschke | 1977 Norbert Dürpisch | 1978, 1981, 1982 Detlef Macha | 1979 Nikolai Makarov | 1983 Viktor Kupovets | 1985, 1986, 1989 Vyacheslav Yekimov | 1987 Gintautas Umaras | 1990 Yevgeny Bersin | 1991 Jens Lehmann
Then the separation between professionals and amateurs was lifted, for further results see p. World Champion in One Pursuit . From 1976 the competition did not take place in the Olympic years.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benfenati, Arnaldo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Lazzano |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1986 |
| Place of death | Castel San Pietro Terme |