Alessandra Cappellotto (born August 27, 1968) is a retired
racing cyclist from
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
. She represented her native country at two consecutive
Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
: 1996, and 2000. She won the world title in the women's individual road race at the
1997 UCI Road World Championships
The 1997 UCI Road World Championships took place in San Sebastián, Spain, between October 7 and October 12, 1997. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.
In 2002 UCI sued Fest ...
in
San Sebastian, Spain.
Valeria Cappellotto
Valeria Cappellotto (28 January 1970 – 17 September 2015) was an Italian racing cyclist. She represented her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1992 and 2000. Alessandra Cappellotto
Alessandra Cappellotto (born August 27, 1968) is a ...
, who died in 2015, was her sister.
She helped five Afghan cyclists to escape their country and settle in Italy, following the
2021 Taliban offensive
A military offensive by the Taliban insurgent group and other allied militants led to the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan based in Kabul and marked the end of the nearly 20-year-old War in Afghanistan, that had begun following the ...
.
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1968 births
Living people
Italian female cyclists
Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Italy
Cyclists from the Province of Vicenza
UCI Road World Champions (women)
20th-century Italian women
21st-century Italian women
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