Franco Giorgetti

Franco Giorgetti

Franco Giorgetti
Personal information
Full name	Franco Giorgetti
Born	(1902-10-13)13 October 1902 Bovisio-Masciago, Italy
Died	18 March 1983(1983-03-18) (aged 80) Varese, Italy
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing Italy Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 Team pursuit

Franco Giorgetti (13 October 1902 – 18 March 1983) was an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling.

Giorgetti was born in Bovisio-Masciago. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp (with Arnaldo Carli, Ruggero Ferrario and Primo Magnani). Giorgetti also specialized motor-paced racing. He was the American motor-paced champion in 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 1934 and won the Italian championship in 1933 and 1941. He was a top six-day racer as well. He won the prestigious Six Days of New York a record eight times, the first time in 1926 with Reggie McNamara. He returned to Italy before World War II and died in Varese, aged 80.

External links

• Franco Giorgetti at Cycling Archives
• Franco Giorgetti at ProCyclingStats
• Franco Giorgetti at CycleBase
• Franco Giorgetti at Olympedia
• Franco Giorgetti at Olympics.com
• Franco Giorgetti at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)