Giuseppina Grassi
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| Full name |
Alessandra Giuseppina Grassi Herrera | ||||||||||||
| Born |
29 August 1976 Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| 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 with, 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)
References
- ↑ "Giuseppina Grassi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Da ciclista mexicana primera plata a su país en Panamericanos" [First Mexican cyclist to win silver for her country at PanAm] (in Spanish). El Universal. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ↑ "Ya está lista para Beijing" [She's ready for Beijing] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ↑ "Women's Road Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ↑ "Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold". Velo News. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ↑ "Giuseppina Grassi termina su participación en Beijing" [Giuseppina Grassi ends her participation in Beijing] (in Spanish). El Informador. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
External links
- NBC Olympics Profile
- Giuseppina Grassi profile at Cycling Archives
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