Giuseppina Grassi

Giuseppina Grassi

Personal information
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)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider, time-trialist
Medal record Women's cycling Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Time trial
Infobox last updated on 11 October 2013

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

1. "Giuseppina Grassi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
2. "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.
3. "Ya está lista para Beijing" [She's ready for Beijing] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
4. "Women's Road Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
5. "Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold". Velo News. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
6. "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