Antonella Bellutti (born 7 November 1968) is an Italian

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and two-time Olympic champion in

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. She won the pursuit at the

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and the points race at the

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in Sydney."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Cycling"
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Biography

Born in

Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...

, in

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous area, Autonomous Provinces of Italy, province , image_skyline = ...

, she now resides in

Rovereto Rovereto (; "wood of sessile oaks"; locally: ''Roveredo'') is a city and ''comune'' in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River. History Rovereto was an ancient fortress town standing at the frontier ...

, in

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. Bellutti won the silver medal in pursuit at the 1995 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Bogota, Colombia. The following year she won a bronze medal in the same event. From 1995 to 2000 she competed in

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events, achieving top 3 placings in the pursuit,

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and 500m time trial. She also competed in road races. She finished seventh at the

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of Salt Lake City 2002 in two-women bobsleigh with the former Olympic and world gold medalist luger

Gerda Weissensteiner Gerda Weissensteiner OMRI (born 3 January 1969) is an Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot who competed from the late 1980s to 2006. Competing in six Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles luge event at the 1994 Winter Olym ...

Palmàres

;1994 :1st Pursuit, Italian National Track Championships ;1995 :1st Pursuit, National Championships :1st 500 m TT, National Championships :2nd Pursuit, Track World Championships : 1995 Track World Cup ::1st Pursuit, Round 6, Manchester ;1996 :1st Pursuit,

:1st Pursuit, National Championships :1st 500 m TT, National Championships :3rd Pursuit, Track World Championships : 1996 Track World Cup ::1st Pursuit, Round 1, Cali ::1st 500m time trial, Round 1, Cali ::1st Pursuit, Round 3, Athens ;1997 :1st Pursuit, National Championships :1st 500 m TT, National Championships :1st Sprint, National Championships : 1997 Track World Cup ::1st Pursuit, Round 6, Adelaide ::1st Pursuit, Round 4, Cagliari ::1st Pursuit, Round 3, Fiorenzuola d'Arda ::1st Pursuit, Round 1, Cali ::1st Points race, Round 1, Cali ;1998 :1st Pursuit, National Championships :1st 500 m TT, National Championships : 1998 Track World Cup ::1st Pursuit, Round 1, Cali ::1st Points race, Round 1, Cali ::1st Points race, Round 2, Victoria ;1999 :1st 500 m TT, National Championships :1st Points race, National Championships : 1999 Track World Cup ::1st Points race, Overall Series Winner ;2000 :1st Points race,

:1st Pursuit, National Championships :1st 500 m TT, National Championships :1st Points race, National Championships :1st Sprint, National Championships : 2000 Track World Cup ::1st Points race, Overall Series Winner ::1st Pursuit, Overall Series Winner ::1st Pursuit, Round 3 Mexico

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bellutti, Antonella 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Bolzano Italian female bobsledders Italian female cyclists Italian female hurdlers Italian track cyclists Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bobsledders of Italy Olympic cyclists of Italy Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol 20th-century Italian women 21st-century Italian women

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