Mario Vallotto

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Mario Vallotto, 1959
Mario Vallotto, 1959

Mario Vallotto (born November 18, 1933 in Mirano , † April 22, 1966 in Padua ) was an Italian track cyclist .

In 1959 Mario Vallotto was runner-up in the single pursuit of the amateurs at the World Track Championships in Amsterdam . The following year he won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Rome with the Italian four-four ( Marino Vigna , Luigi Arienti and Franco Testa ) .

Vallotto died of a tumor in 1966 at the age of 32.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 , p. 633.

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personal data
SURNAME Vallotto, Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Mirano
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1966
Place of death Padua