Antonella Bellutti

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Antonella Bellutti

Bellutti in 2010
Personal information
Full name Antonella Bellutti
Born (1968-11-07) 7 November 1968
Bolzano, Italy
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider

Antonella Bellutti (born 7 November 1968) is an Italian racing cyclist and two-time Olympic champion in track cycling.

She won a gold medal in pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1] Belluti did not retain her Olympic title, but won gold again in the points race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]

Biography

Born in Bolzano, in South Tyrol, she now resides in Rovereto, in Trentino.

Bellutti won the silver medal in pursuit at the 1995 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Bogota, Colombia. The following year she won a bronze medal in the same event.

She also finished seventh at the Winter Olympics of Salt Lake City 2002 in two-women bobsleigh with the former Olympic and world gold medalist luger Gerda Weissensteiner.

Palmàres

1994
1st Pursuit, Italian National Track Championships
1995
1st Pursuit, Italian National Track Championships
1st 500 m TT, Italian National Track Championships
2nd Pursuit, Track World Championships
1995 Track World Cup
1st Pursuit, Round 6, Manchester
2nd Pursuit, Round ?, Bogota
1996
1st Pursuit, 1996 Summer Olympics
1st Pursuit, Italian National Track Championships
1st 500 m TT, Italian National Track Championships
3rd Pursuit, Track World Championships
1996 Track World Cup
1st Pursuit, Round 1, Cali
1997
1st Pursuit, Italian National Track Championships
1st 500 m TT, Italian National Track Championships
1st Sprint, Italian National Track Championships
1997 Track World Cup
1st Pursuit, Round 6, Adelaide
1st Pursuit, Round ?, Cagliari
1st Pursuit, Round 3, Fiorenzuola d'Arda
1st Pursuit, Round 1, Cali
1st Points race, Round ?, Cali
1998
1st Pursuit, Italian National Track Championships
1st 500 m TT, Italian National Track Championships
1998 Track World Cup
1st Pursuit, Round 1, Cali
1st Points race, Round 1, Cali
2nd Points race, Round 3, Berlin
1999
1st 500 m TT, Italian National Track Championships
1st Points race, Italian National Track Championships
1999 Track World Cup
2nd Points race, Round ?, Moscow
2000
1st Points race, 2000 Summer Olympics
1st Pursuit, Italian National Track Championships
1st 500 m TT, Italian National Track Championships
1st Points race, Italian National Track Championships
1st Sprint, Italian National Track Championships
2000 Track World Cup
1st Points race, Overall Series Winner
1st Pursuit, Overall Series Winner
3rd Points race, Round 3, Moscow

See also

  • Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships

References

  1. "1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta, United States Cycling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)
  2. "2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia Cycling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 7, 2008)

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