Ottavio Cogliati

Ottavio Cogliati (born June 4, 1939 in Nerviano ; † April 10, 2008 in Magenta ) was an Italian cyclist and Olympic champion in cycling .

Athletic career

After some success in national races, he was nominated for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome . There he won the gold medal in the team time trial together with Antonio Bailetti , Giacomo Fornoni and Livio Trape . After the Olympics, he became a professional driver in the Italian team Philco. In 1962 and 1963 he competed in the Tour de France , but retired in 1962 on the 6th stage and in 1963 on the 3rd stage. In 1963 he was 21st in the Tour de Suisse . In 1964 he ended his career in which he could not achieve any success as a professional driver.

Professional

After his career he worked in a beverage trading company.

Web links

Ottavio Cogliati in the Radsportseiten.net database

Ottavio Cogliati in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Tour Encyclopedie 1954-1965 . Uitgeverij Worldstrip, Gent 1999, p. 139, 154 .
↑ Tour de Suisse Statistics . Media Sport International AG, Bern 2002, p. 59 .
↑ Storia di Ottavio Cogliati. In: Museo del Ciclismo. Retrieved December 12, 2019 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Cogliati, Ottavio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian cyclist, Olympic champion in cycling
DATE OF BIRTH	June 4, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nerviano
DATE OF DEATH	April 10, 2008
Place of death	magenta

[1] Tour Encyclopedie 1954-1965 . Uitgeverij Worldstrip, Gent 1999, p. 139, 154 .

[2] Tour de Suisse Statistics . Media Sport International AG, Bern 2002, p. 59 .

[3] Storia di Ottavio Cogliati. In: Museo del Ciclismo. Retrieved December 12, 2019 (Italian).