Giuseppina Grassi
Mexican cyclist
Personal information | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name |
Alessandra Giuseppina
Grassi Herrera |
||||||
Born |
(
1976-08-29
)
29 August 1976
(age
46)
Mexico City , Mexico |
||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||
Team information | |||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||
Role | Rider, time-trialist | ||||||
Medal record
|
For the Sammarinese Olympic athlete, see
Giuseppina Grassi (athlete)
.
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
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Giuseppina Grassi" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 . 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 . Archived from the original on 19 August 2012 . Retrieved 21 December 2012 .
- ↑ "Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold" . Velo News. 10 August 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013 . 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 at UCI
- Giuseppina Grassi at Cycling Archives
- Giuseppina Grassi at ProCyclingStats
- Giuseppina Grassi at Cycling Quotient
- Giuseppina Grassi at CycleBase
- Giuseppina Grassi at Olympedia