Giacomo Fantoni

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Giacomo Frantoni
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1991-03-18) 18 March 1991 (age 32)
Zevio, Italy
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Cycling
Event(s) BMX

Giacomo Frantoni (born 18 March 1991 in Zevio) is an Italian national champion BMX cyclist.

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Personal life

He was born in Zevio. His first coaches were Ludivic Laurent and his mother Linda Spiazzi, who represented Italy in downhill mountain biking at the world championships in the 1990s. [1]

Career

He was selected in the Italian team for the Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's BMX racing. [2] He went into the Games as a double Italian national champion. [3]

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References

  1. "GIACOMO FANTONI". Tokyo2020.coni.it (in Italian).
  2. "Riders series: Meet Giacomo Fantoni – pumptrack.com" . Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  3. "Tokyo Olympics: Italy for cycling events". Swisscycles.com.