death_place death_date birth_place birth_date role article_title name
buenos aires , argentina 2 august 2011 caorso , italy 1 october 1910 rider attilio pavesi
 attilio pavesi
attilio pavesi

attilio pavesi -lrb- 1 october 1910 -- 2 august 2011 -rrb- was an italian cyclist and olympic champion .
he won a gold medal at the 1932 olympic games in los angeles , in the individual road race , as well as a gold medal in the team road race .
he turned 100 in october 2010 .
he died at the age of almost 101 years , on august 2 of the next year , in a retirement home of buenos aires , argentina .
at the time of his death he was thought to be the oldest surviving olympic champion and one of the oldest living olympic competitors .
