Paola Pezzo Explained

Paola Pezzo
Fullname:Paola Pezzo
Birth Date:8 January 1969
Birth Place:Bosco Chiesanuova, Italy
Discipline:Mountain bike racing
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Cross-country
Proteam1:Gary Fisher, Specialized Factory Team

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.

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.

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