Giuseppina Grassi Explained

Giuseppina Grassi
Fullname:Alessandra Giuseppina
Grassi Herrera
Birth Date:29 August 1976
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Weight:560NaN0
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider, time-trialist
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Alessandra Giuseppina Grassi Herrera (born 29 August 1976) is a Mexican professional road cyclist.[1] She won a silver medal in the women's time trial at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and later represented her nation Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

Grassi qualified for the Mexican squad, as a lone female cyclist, in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a single berth from the UCI World Cup.[3] She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-fifth-place effort in 3:36:35, recording the same time but finishing behind Belgium's Lieselot Decroix by an inch.[4] [5] [6]

Career highlights

2007
  • 2nd Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
  • 2nd Pan American Championships (ITT)
    2008
  • 1st Mexican Championships (Road), Sonora (MEX)
  • 1st Mexican Championships (ITT), Sonora (MEX)
  • 2nd Pan American Championships (ITT)
  • 45th Olympic Games, Beijing (CHN)
    2009
  • 1st Pan American Championships (ITT)
  • 5th Pan American Championships (Road)
  • 8th Stage 3, Route de France Féminine, France
    2010
  • 6th Pan American Championships (ITT)
  • 10th Pan American Championships (Road)
    2011
  • 2nd Mexican Championships (ITT)
    2012
  • 2nd Mexican Championships (Road)

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Giuseppina Grassi. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081257/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/alessandra-grassi-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. 11 October 2013.
    2. News: Da ciclista mexicana primera plata a su país en Panamericanos. First Mexican cyclist to win silver for her country at PanAm. Spanish. El Universal. 15 July 2007. 10 October 2013. 13 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131013021032/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/437103.html. dead.
    3. News: Ya está lista para Beijing. She's ready for Beijing. Spanish. ESPN Deportes. 30 July 2008. 10 October 2013.
    4. Web site: Women's Road Race . . . 21 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213117/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCRW012100/index.html . 19 August 2012 .
    5. News: Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold. Velo News. 10 August 2008. 10 October 2013. 14 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014074448/http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/08/news/road/cooke-weathers-storm-to-take-olympic-gold_81537. dead.
    6. News: Giuseppina Grassi termina su participación en Beijing. Giuseppina Grassi ends her participation in Beijing. Spanish. El Informador. 30 July 2008. 11 October 2013.