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. 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 Her bio on the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame 1969 births Living people Italian female cyclists Italian mountain bikers Cross-country mountain bikers Olympic cyclists for Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Bosco Chiesanuova Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (women) Cyclists from the Province of Verona