What is Guido Messina?
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} [[File:Guido Messina 3.jpg|right|200px]] '''Guido Messina''' (4 January 1931 – 10 January 2020) was an Italian [[road bicycle racing|road]] and [[track cyclist]]. He won a gold medal with the Italian team at the [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Olympics]]. Between 1954 and 1963 he rode professionally and won the first stage of the [[1955 Giro d'Italia]]. He was born in [[Monreale]], [[Italy]].<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/guido-messina-1.html |title=Guido Messina |accessdate=2012-12-28 |archive-date=2020-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013052/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/guido-messina-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Messina died on 10 January 2020 in [[Torino]], Italy at the age of 89.<ref>[https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/10-01-2020/addio-guido-messina-era-maglia-rosa-piu-anziana-3502567924088.shtml Addio a Guido Messina, era la maglia rosa più anziana] {{in lang|it}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Olympedia}} * {{IOC profile}} * {{Olympic Channel|guido-messina}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Messina, Guido}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Italian cyclists]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Italy]] {{sports-bio-stub}}