{{Short description|Mexican cyclist (born 1976)}} {{for|the Sammarinese Olympic athlete|Giuseppina Grassi (athlete)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Giuseppina Grassi | image = | caption = | fullname = Alessandra Giuseppina<br>Grassi Herrera | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|8|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.70|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|56|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | discipline = Road | role = Rider, time-trialist | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's road bicycle racing}} {{MedalCountry | {{MEX}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Time trial}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}} {{MedalGold|2009 Hidalgo|Time trial}} {{MedalSilver|2007 Valencia|Time trial}} {{MedalSilver|2008 Montevideo|Time trial}} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Alessandra Giuseppina Grassi Herrera''' (born 29 August 1976) is a Mexican professional road cyclist.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Giuseppina Grassi|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/alessandra-grassi-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081257/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/alessandra-grassi-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|access-date = 11 October 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Da ciclista mexicana primera plata a su país en Panamericanos|trans-title=First Mexican cyclist to win silver for her country at PanAm|language=Spanish|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/437103.html|publisher=El Universal|date=15 July 2007|accessdate=10 October 2013|archive-date=13 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013021032/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/437103.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ya está lista para Beijing|trans-title=She's ready for Beijing|language=Spanish|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=706248&s=oli&type=story|publisher=ESPN Deportes|date=30 July 2008|access-date=10 October 2013}}</ref> She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-fifth-place effort in 3:36:35, recording the same time but finishing behind Belgium's Lieselot Decroix by an inch.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Road Race |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CRW012100/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213117/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCRW012100/index.html |archivedate=19 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/08/news/road/cooke-weathers-storm-to-take-olympic-gold_81537|publisher=Velo News|date=10 August 2008|accessdate=10 October 2013|archive-date=14 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014074448/http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/08/news/road/cooke-weathers-storm-to-take-olympic-gold_81537|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Giuseppina Grassi termina su participación en Beijing|trans-title=Giuseppina Grassi ends her participation in Beijing|language=Spanish|url=https://www.informador.mx/Deportes/Giuseppina-Grassi-termina-su-participacion-en-Beijing-20080810-0151.html|publisher=El Informador|date=30 July 2008|access-date=11 October 2013}}</ref>
==Career highlights== {{Div col}} ;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) {{div col end}}
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131022121018/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete%3D56920/bio/index.html NBC Olympics Profile] * {{sports links}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grassi, Giuseppina}} Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Mexican female cyclists Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Cyclists at the 2007 Pan American Games Category:Olympic cyclists for Mexico Category:Cyclists from Mexico City Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Category:Pan American Games cyclists for Mexico Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in cycling Category:Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Category:20th-century Mexican women Category:21st-century Mexican sportswomen Category:Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games