Giuseppe Olmo

Giuseppe Olmo (22 November 1911 – 5 March 1992) was an Italian road bicycle racer. He competed at the 1932 Olympics and won a gold medal in the team road race, placing fourth individually. In October 1935 he set a new world record for an hour's run at 45.090 km.[1][2]

Giuseppe Olmo
Personal information
Full nameGiuseppe Olmo
Born(1911-11-22)22 November 1911
Celle Ligure, Italy
Died5 March 1992(1992-03-05) (aged 80)
Milan, Italy
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1933–1940Bianchi
1940–1942Dei
Major wins
Olympic Team road race (1932)
Milan-Sanremo (1935, 1938)
Giro d'Italia, 20 stages
National Road Race Championship (1936)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
1932 Los Angeles Team road race
World Championships
1931 CopenhagenAmateur's road race

As with many Italian bicycle racers, after his retirement in the late 1930s he began building bicycles, and founded Olmo (also known as Olmo Biciclette).[3] The Olmo Biciclette manufacturing center was set up in his home town of Celle Ligure Italy in 1938,[4] where the company continues to manufacture their bicycles today.

Later in his life, Giuseppe (Often called "Gepin" for short) came to be known as a successful entrepreneur and between the 1940s and 1970s he expanded his company into several manufacturing industries. These individual businesses are all managed under the Olmo Group today.[5] Olmo la Biciclissima or Giuseppe Olmo spa, as the bicycle manufacture goes by today. They produced some very high quality bicycles often comparative quality to the great Colnago. Today they produce many high quality race bicycles, as well as mountain and city bicycles of ranging quality.

Major results
1932
, Olympic Team road race (with Attilio Pavesi and Guglielmo Segato)[1]
1st, Milano–Torino
1933
1st, Stages 4 and 12, Giro d'Italia
1934
4th, Giro d'Italia
1st, Stages 13, 16 and 17
1935
1st, Milan–San Remo
3rd, Giro d'Italia
1st, Stages 5, 13, 17 and 18
1936
 Italy National Road Race Championship
1st, Giro dell'Emilia
2nd, Giro d'Italia
1st, Stages 1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15b, 16, 17a and 19
1937
1st, Stage 6, Giro d'Italia
1938
1st, Milan–San Remo

References
  1. "Giuseppe Olmo Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. "Claims World Bike Record". The New York Times. 15 October 1936.
  3. Christopher Pepe. "italian bicycle manufacturers". virtualitalia.com.
  4. "History of Olmo". olmo.it.
  5. "Olmo Group's History". olmo-group.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011.
Records
Preceded by
Maurice Richard		 UCI hour record (45.090 km)
31 October 1935 – 14 October 1936		 Succeeded by
Maurice Richard
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