Gino Bartali
Giro and Tour champion on both sides of the war, and Righteous Among the Nations.
Gino Bartali (18 July 1914 - 5 May 2000), nicknamed "Gino the Pious" and, in Italy, "Ginettaccio", was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, winning the Giro d'Italia in 1936 and 1937 and the Tour de France in 1938. After the war he added the 1946 Giro and the 1948 Tour; the ten years between his two Tour wins remain the longest gap between victories in the race. In September 2013 Yad Vashem recognised him as Righteous Among the Nations for helping Jews during the war. Born in Ponte a Ema near Florence, the third of four children of a smallholder, he worked in a bicycle shop from the age of 13, turned professional in 1935 and was Italian champion the next year.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Gino Bartali, OMRI
- Nickname
- Gino the Pious
- Ginettaccio
- L'uomo di ferro (The Iron Man)
- L'intramontabile (The Timeless)
- Born
- 18 July 1914
- Died
- 5 May 2000
- Birthplace
- Ponte a Ema, Florence, Kingdom of Italy
- Place of death
- Florence, Italy
- Discipline
- Road
- Role
- Rider
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