Paola Pezzo
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Paola Pezzo is a cross-country mountain bike racer from Verona
, Italy
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Pezzo won the female World Mountain Bike Championship title in both 1993 and 1997. In 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia
, in the U.S.
, she won the Olympic gold medal in mountain biking, when the event made its debut. In 1997 she won the Grundig World Cup crown.
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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Pezzo won the female World Mountain Bike Championship title in both 1993 and 1997. In 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, in the U.S.
United States
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, she won the Olympic gold medal in mountain biking, when the event made its debut. In 1997 she won the Grundig World Cup crown.