Alessandra Giuseppina Grassi Herrera (born 29 August 1976) is a Mexican professional road cyclist. She won a silver medal in the women's time trial at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

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, and later represented her nation

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. Grassi qualified for the Mexican squad, as a lone female cyclist, in the women's road race at the

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by receiving a single berth from the UCI World Cup. 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 Lieselot Decroix (born 12 May 1987 in Poperinge) is a Belgian retired professional road cyclist. She represented her nation Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has currently competed under an annual contract for CyclelivePlus-Zannata Women's ...

by an inch.

Career highlights

;2007 : 2nd

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

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(BRA) : 2nd

Pan American Championships A Pan American Championship is a top level international sports competition between athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs in the Americas. Typically these championships are recurring, the most ...

(ITT) ;2008 : 1st Mexican Championships (Road),

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...

(MEX) : 1st Mexican Championships (ITT),

(MEX) : 2nd Pan American Championships (ITT) : 45th

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(CHN) ;2009 : 1st Pan American Championships (ITT) : 5th Pan American Championships (Road) : 8th Stage 3,

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, France ;2010 : 6th Pan American Championships (ITT) : 10th Pan American Championships (Road) ;2011 : 2nd Mexican Championships (ITT) ;2012 : 2nd Mexican Championships (Road)

References

External links

NBC Olympics Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grassi, Giuseppina 1976 births Living people Mexican female cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic cyclists of Mexico Sportspeople from Mexico City Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican women 21st-century Mexican women Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games