Atilio François Baldi

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Atilio François Baldi (born May 22, 1922 in Juan González near Carmelo , † September 27, 1997 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan cyclist .

As early as 1941, he took third place at the Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay . Atilio François Baldi then won the Tour of Uruguay three times in a row - in 1946, 1947 and 1948 . At the UCI track world championships in Paris in 1947 , he was runner-up in the single pursuit of amateurs . In 1948 and 1952 he started in the team pursuit at the Olympic Games ; In 1948 in London he reached fourth place with the Uruguayan railroad four ( Juan de Armas , Luis Ángel de los Santos , Waldemar Bernatzky ). He was also national champion several times. In 1952, François Baldi, called El León del Carmelo (=  The Lion of Carmelo ) in his home country , ended his active cycling career . During his active career he started for the Club Ciclista de Carmelo , the Veloz Club del Uruguay and finally for the Club Peñarol .

François Baldi trained as a coach in France and remained connected to cycling as a trainer and official. In 1956 he looked after the Uruguayan national team at the Olympic Games in Melbourne , and in 1968 he was involved in the organization of the UCI World Railroad Championships in 1968 in Montevideo. The cycling track in Montevideo is named after him Velódromo Municipal Atilio François . A postage stamp with his portrait was also issued in Uruguay in November 1997.

His parents were farmers who had emigrated to Uruguay from Wallonia .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Administración Nacional de Correos series Deportistas Uruguayos (Spanish), accessed on January 26, 2013
personal data
SURNAME François Baldi, Atilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Juan González at Carmelo
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1997
Place of death Montevideo