Sigrid Corneo

{{Short description|Slovenian cyclist (born 1971)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Sigrid Corneo

| image = Sigrid Corneo, Mendrisio 2009 - Women Elite.jpg

| caption = Sigrid Corneo at the 2009 UCI World Championships

| fullname = Sigrid Teresa Corneo

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|4|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lecco, Italy

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.76 m

| weight = 54 kg

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 1999

| proteam1 = {{allow wrap|SC Masters Automazione Moltene Record}}

| proyears2 = 2000–2001

| proteam2 = Carpe Diem

| proyears3 = 2002

| proteam3 = Itera

| proyears4 = 2003

| proteam4 = Road Runner Guerciotti

| proyears5 = 2004–2006

| proteam5 = Nobili Rubinetterie

| proyears6 = 2007–2009

| proteam6 = Menikini – Selle Italia

| proyears7 = 2010

| proteam7 = Top Girls Fassa Bortolo

| majorwins =

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| show-medals = yes

}}

Sigrid Teresa Corneo (born 27 April 1971){{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/113109 |title=Sigrid Corneo |work=Olympedia |access-date=2 May 2022}} is a retired Slovenian professional road cyclist of Italian descent.{{cite sports-reference |title=Sigrid Corneo |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/sigrid-corneo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203014556/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/sigrid-corneo-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016 |access-date=11 October 2013}} Holding a dual citizenship, she represented her nation Slovenia, as a 37-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has mounted second-place finishes in both road race and time trial at the Slovenian Championships in 2010. Before her official retirement from competitive cycling in 2010, Corneo rode for Italy's Top Girls Fassa Bortolo pro cycling team in the women's elite professional events.{{cite news |title=Sigrid Corneo alla Top Girls Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi |trans-title=Sigrid Corneo joins Top Girls Fassa Bortolo-Ghezzi |language=Italian |url=http://www.ciclismo.it/sigrid-corneo-alla-top-girls-fassa-bortolo-ghezzi |publisher=Ciclismo.it |date=21 July 2004 |access-date=11 October 2013}}

Corneo qualified for the Slovenian squad in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a single berth from the UCI World Cup.{{cite news |title=Italijanska Slovenka se veseli Pekinga |trans-title=Slovenian Italian is looking forward for Beijing |language=Slovenian |url=http://www.zurnal24.si/italijanska-slovenka-se-veseli-pekinga-clanek-26887 |publisher=Žurnal24 |date=2 July 2008 |access-date=11 October 2013}}{{cite news |title=Za Peking potrjenih že 61 slovenskih športnikov |trans-title=61 Slovenian athletes have already approved for Beijing |language=Slovenian |url=http://www.rtvslo.si/sport/preostali-sporti/za-peking-potrjenih-ze-61-slovenskih-sportnikov/124211 |publisher=Radiotelevizija Slovenija |date=15 July 2008 |access-date=11 October 2013}} She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-ninth-place effort in 3:39:29, surpassing Canadian rider Alex Wrubleski by exactly seven seconds.{{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 |access-date=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213117/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCRW012100/index.html |archive-date=19 August 2012}}{{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 |access-date=10 October 2013}}