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Leandro Faggin
Leandro Faggin was an Italian racing cyclist, Olympic champion and world champion in track cycling.
Biography
He won a gold medal in the
1000 m time trial
at the
1956 Summer Olympics
in
Melbourne
. He was also a member of the Italian team that won a gold medal in
team pursuit
at the 1956 Olympics. He is three times gold winner in
individual pursuit
in the
UCI Track World Championships
, from 1963, 1965 and 1966, and has also three silver medals and three bronze medals. ==Death==
Death
Faggin died of cancer aged just 37 years in 1970. In the 2000s, his name was included into a list of cases under investigation for possible use of
doping
in cycling. ==See also==
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