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Fausto Gresini

1961 - 2021

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Fausto Gresini (23 January 1961 – 23 February 2021) was an Italian professional motorcycle road racer and racing team manager. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1983 to 1994, most prominently as a two-time 125cc world champion riding for the Garelli factory racing team. After his racing career, Gresini formed the Gresini Racing team, which he operated until his death from COVID-19 in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Fausto Gresini is the 422nd most popular racing driver (down from 276th in 2024), the 3,738th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,306th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Fausto Gresini ranks 422 out of 1,080. Before him are Alberto Crespo, Karel Loprais, Hubert Hahne, Cesare Perdisa, Ian Scheckter, and Heinz Schiller. After him are Joe Kelly, Oscar Larrauri, Eppie Wietzes, Toshio Suzuki, Ian Ashley, and Max de Terra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Fausto Gresini ranks 294. Before him are Valentin Ivanov, Yordanka Donkova, Luca Zingaretti, Jesper Olsen, Wesley Simina, and Catherine Oxenberg. After him are Truls Mørk, Ann Linde, Kjell Westö, Kiyotaka Matsui, Hany Abu-Assad, and Elpidia Carrillo. Among people deceased in 2021, Fausto Gresini ranks 449. Before him are Jean-Marc Vallée, Karel Loprais, Nina Ruslanova, Yekaterina Gradova, Sabine Weiss, and Henry Darrow. After him are Bronius Kutavičius, Tubilandu Ndimbi, Lawrence Weiner, Franco Marini, Michael Fisher, and Aleksandar Shalamanov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Fausto Gresini ranks 3,739 out of 5,161. Before him are Ersilio Tonini (1914), Giuseppe Asclepi (1706), Mellitus (600), Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (1940), Esau de' Buondelmonti (1355), and Gabriele Salvatores (1950). After him are Nunzio Gallo (1928), Alberto Bigon (1947), Mario Francesco Pompedda (1929), Nicola Mancino (1931), Girolamo Mei (1519), and Carla Del Poggio (1925).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Fausto Gresini ranks 72. Before him are Giorgio Scarlatti (1921), Gabriele Tarquini (1962), Gianni Morbidelli (1968), Marco Simoncelli (1987), Aldo Gordini (1921), and Cesare Perdisa (1932). After him are Gimax (1938), Emanuele Pirro (1962), Graziano Rossi (1954), Carlo Maria Abate (1932), Eugenio Lazzarini (1945), and Stefano Modena (1963).

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