Former Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling. He received a gold medal in tandem (with Renato Perona) at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
Klaus-Peter Thaler (born 14 May 1949 in Eckmannshausen, North Rhine-Westphalia) was a professional cyclist between 1976 and 1988, successful in road-racing and cyclo-cross. He was world cyclo-cross champion twice as amateur and twice as professional