Franco Testa

Franco Testa (7 February 1938 – 22 June 2025) was an Italian cyclist. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Testa also won two gold medals and a silver at the Mediterranean Games and a team silver medal at the world championships in 1964.

Biography Testa was born on 4 February 1938 in Cadoneghe, in the province of Padua, Italy. When young, he moved to the town of Mogliano Veneto, where he worked for a bakery. He also worked as a farm laborer, and with money earned from this, purchased a bicycle.

Testa became the Italian champion in the pursuit event and won the title three years in a row. He was also a four-time Italian team pursuit champion. He was a member of the Italian national team for five years. In 1959, he placed seventh in the amateur pursuit event at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Protests from the Italian team that the race should have been restarted were unsuccessful. A book was written on his life by Lucio Carraro in 2017. Testa was married and had four children, including a son who became a parish priest.

Death Testa died on 22 June 2025, at the age of 87.