Renato Perona

Renato Perona (born May 24, 1927 in Terni ; † April 9, 1984 ibid) was an Italian track cyclist and Olympic champion.

At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , Renato Perona won the gold medal in the tandem race together with Ferdinando Terruzzi .

The cycling track , which was inaugurated in his hometown of Terni in 2004 , was named Ciclodromo Comunale "Renato Perona" . A planet also bears his name.

Individual evidence

^ Terni: inaugurato il nuovo ciclodromo comunale di Cospea, sarà gratuitamente a disposizione dei cittadini. on narnionline.com v. April 25, 2004 (Italian)
^ Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of minor planet names. Heidelberg 2003, S. 640 (Engl.)

Web links

Renato Perona in the Radsportseiten.net database

Renato Perona in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Perona, Renato
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian track cyclist and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH	May 24, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Terni
DATE OF DEATH	April 9, 1984
Place of death	Terni

[1] Terni: inaugurato il nuovo ciclodromo comunale di Cospea, sarà gratuitamente a disposizione dei cittadini. on narnionline.com v. April 25, 2004 (Italian)

[2] Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of minor planet names. Heidelberg 2003, S. 640 (Engl.)