Paola Pezzo

Paola Pezzo (born 8 January 1969, in Bosco Chiesanuova) is an Italian cross-country mountain bike racer from Verona. In 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, in the U.S., she won the Olympic gold medal in mountain biking, when the event made its debut.

Paola Pezzo

Personal information
Full name	Paola Pezzo
Born	(1969-01-08) 8 January 1969 Bosco Chiesanuova, Italy
Team information
Discipline	Mountain bike racing
Role	Rider
Rider type	Cross-country
Professional team
Gary Fisher, Specialized Factory Team
Medal record Women's mountain bike racing Representing Italy Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Cross-country 2000 Sydney Cross-country World Championships 1993 Métabief Cross-country 1997 Château-d'Œx Cross-country 1999 Åre Cross-country 2000 Sierra Nevada Cross-country

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

She won two gold medals. One in Atlanta '96 and the other in Sydney '00. She also won the mountain-bike championships in 1993 and 1997.

See also

• Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships

External links

• Media related to Paola Pezzo at Wikimedia Commons
• Her bio on the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
• Paola Pezzo at Cycling Archives
• Paola Pezzo at Olympics.com
• Paola Pezzo at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)