An Olympic gold medalist. He was a member of the Italian 4000m team pursuit cycling quartet which won gold in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932. Italy had a proud record in this event, winning gold in seven of the nine Olympic Games between 1920 and 1960 and coming second in the other two.
He found himself stranded in Australia in 1939 when WWII broke out and made a virtue of a vice by setting up a bicycle shop in Melbourne. With a happy and gregarious nature he endeared himself to Australians, and when the time came to choose the Olympic host for 1956 he played a significant part in winning the Games for Melbourne by lobbying his many sporting contacts overseas.
He is still commemorated in Melbourne with his name and the Olympic rings over a building on the corner of Lygon and Grattan Streets, known as Borsari's Corner.
He found himself stranded in Australia in 1939 when WWII broke out and made a virtue of a vice by setting up a bicycle shop in Melbourne. With a happy and gregarious nature he endeared himself to Australians, and when the time came to choose the Olympic host for 1956 he played a significant part in winning the Games for Melbourne by lobbying his many sporting contacts overseas.
He is still commemorated in Melbourne with his name and the Olympic rings over a building on the corner of Lygon and Grattan Streets, known as Borsari's Corner.
An Olympic gold medalist. He was a member of the Italian 4000m team pursuit cycling quartet which won gold in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932. Italy had a proud record in this event, winning gold in seven of the nine Olympic Games between 1920 and 1960 and coming second in the other two.
He found himself stranded in Australia in 1939 when WWII broke out and made a virtue of a vice by setting up a bicycle shop in Melbourne. With a happy and gregarious nature he endeared himself to Australians, and when the time came to choose the Olympic host for 1956 he played a significant part in winning the Games for Melbourne by lobbying his many sporting contacts overseas.
He is still commemorated in Melbourne with his name and the Olympic rings over a building on the corner of Lygon and Grattan Streets, known as Borsari's Corner.
He found himself stranded in Australia in 1939 when WWII broke out and made a virtue of a vice by setting up a bicycle shop in Melbourne. With a happy and gregarious nature he endeared himself to Australians, and when the time came to choose the Olympic host for 1956 he played a significant part in winning the Games for Melbourne by lobbying his many sporting contacts overseas.
He is still commemorated in Melbourne with his name and the Olympic rings over a building on the corner of Lygon and Grattan Streets, known as Borsari's Corner.
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