Attilio Pavesi

Who was Attilio Pavesi?

Attilio Pavesi was an Italian cyclist and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, in the Individual Road Race, as well as a gold medal in the Team Road Race. He turned 100 in October 2010. He died at the age of almost 101 years, on August 2 of the next year, in a retirement home of Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the time of his death he was thought to be the oldest surviving Olympic champion and one of the oldest living Olympic competitors.