Paola Pezzo

Personal information

Full name

Paola Pezzo

Born

January 8, 1969 (age 48)
Bosco Chiesanuova, Italy

Team information

Discipline

Mountain bike racing

Role

Rider

Rider type

Cross-country

Professional team(s)

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

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.

Pezzo won the female World Mountain Bike Championship title in both 1993 and 1997. In 1997 she won the Grundig World Cup crown.

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

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