Ferdinando Terruzzi

Ferdinando Terruzzi (born February 17, 1924 in Sesto San Giovanni , † April 9, 2014 in Sarteano ) was an Italian track cyclist .

In 1942 Ferdinando Terruzzi was Italian champion in the sprint of amateurs. At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , he and Renato Perona won the gold medal in the tandem race .

From 1949 to 1967 Terruzzi was a professional racing driver and mainly drove six-day races . He contested a total of 122, of which he won 23, together with various drivers, including Lucien Gillen , Jacques Anquetil , Peter Post and Leandro Faggin . His favorite partner was the Australian Reginald Arnold .

Terruzzi worked with other cyclists in the 1949 German film " Um eine Nasenlänge " (leading role Theo Lingen ).

literature

Giordano Cioli / Mirella Meloni: Ferdinando Terruzzi, il Re delle Seigiorni: da Sesto San Giovanni per conquistare il mondo , 2005

Web links

Ferdinando Terruzzi in the Radsportseiten.net database

Ferdinando Terruzzi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Ferdinando Baron: Esplora il significato del Dates: Addio a Ferdinando Terruzzi, "il Re delle Seigiorni". Corriere della Sera, April 10, 2014, accessed April 11, 2014 (Italian).
↑ Roger de Maertelaere: Mannen van de Nacht , Eeklo 2000, p. 250f.

personal data
SURNAME	Terruzzi, Ferdinando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 17, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sesto San Giovanni
DATE OF DEATH	April 9, 2014
Place of death	Sarteano

[1] Ferdinando Baron: Esplora il significato del Dates: Addio a Ferdinando Terruzzi, "il Re delle Seigiorni". Corriere della Sera, April 10, 2014, accessed April 11, 2014 (Italian).

[2] Roger de Maertelaere: Mannen van de Nacht , Eeklo 2000, p. 250f.