Giuseppina Grassi

For the Sammarinese Olympic athlete, see Giuseppina Grassi (athlete).

Alessandra Giuseppina Grassi Herrera (born 29 August 1976) is a Mexican professional road cyclist.^[1] 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.^[2]

Giuseppina Grassi

Personal information
Full name	Alessandra Giuseppina Grassi Herrera
Born	(1976-08-29) 29 August 1976 (age 48) Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider, time-trialist
Medal record Women's road bicycle racing Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Time trial Pan American Championships 2009 Hidalgo Time trial 2007 Valencia Time trial 2008 Montevideo Time trial

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.^[3] 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.^[4][5][6]

Career highlights

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)