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
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