Paola Scotti

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Paola Scotti (25 April 1944 - 7 May 1990) was an Italian road cyclist.[1] She became the first Italia women's national champion at the 1963 Italian National Road Race Championships. In 1964 she won the silver medal behind Maria Cressari.[2]

Scotti died on 30 October 1990.

Since 1992 the "Paola Scotti Memorial" has been held. In 2001 the municipality of Sarmato dedicated the "Centro Polisportivo" to Scotti, with at the entrance sculpture of her.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Paola Scotti - La prima campionessa italiana,". museociclismo.it.
  2. "Paola Scotti". www.cyclingarchives.com.