Paola Pezzo
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| Full name | Paola Pezzo |
| Born | January 8, 1969 Bosco Chiesanuova, Italy |
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| Discipline | Mountain bike racing |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Cross-country |
| Professional team(s) | |
| Gary Fisher, Specialized Factory Team | |
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Paola Pezzo (born 8 January 1969 in Bosco Chiesanuova) is a cross-country mountain bike racer from Verona, Italy. In 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, in the U.S., she won the Olympic gold medal in mountain biking, when the event made its debut.
Biography
Pezzo won the female World Mountain Bike Championship title in both 1993 and 1997. In 1997 she won the Grundig World Cup crown.
Achievement
Won two gold medals. One in Atlanta '96 and the other in Sydney '00. Won the mountain-bike championships in 1993 and 1997.
See also
External links
- Her bio on the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Italian female cyclists
- Cross-country mountain bikers
- Olympic cyclists of Italy
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- People from the Province of Verona
- Mountain Bike Hall of Fame inductees
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (women)
- Sportspeople from Veneto
