Steven Cozza

{{short description|American cyclist}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Steven Cozza

| image = Steven Cozza.jpg

| fullname =

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|3|3}}

| birth_place = {{USA}}

| height = {{convert|180|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| currentteam =

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Time Trials, Climbing, Stage races, Classics

| amateuryears1 = 2006

| amateurteam1 = Yawadoo-Colba-ABM

| amateuryears2 = 2006

| amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|GRM|2006}}

| proyears1 = 2007–2010

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|GRM|2007}}

| proyears2 = 2011–2012

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|APP|2011}}

| majorwins = 2007 Vuelta a Chichuahua, 1st team overall, 1st stage 6, 2nd stage 2
2007 Tour of Missouri, 1st best young rider, 1st team overall

}}

Steven Cozza (born March 3, 1985) is a professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for {{UCI team code|APP|2012}}.

Cozza helped his father co-found the Boy Scouts equality advocacy group Scouting for All when he was 12 years old, and was the focus of Scout's Honor, a film that documented his time as a boy scout and his fight against the Boy Scouts of America's discriminatory policy against gays being allowed in the organization.{{cite web |last1=Guthmann |first1=Edward |title=Badge of 'Honor' / Documentary captures story of Steven Cozza, who at age 12 took on the Boy Scouts' anti-gay policy |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Badge-of-Honor-Documentary-captures-story-of-2908554.php |website=San Francisco Chronicle |date=June 18, 2001}}{{cite news|url=http://www.scoutingforall.org/data/layer02/aaic/2003111002.html|title=Gay rights advocate grows up|first=Yusef|last=Najafi|work=ScoutingforAll.org|publisher=Scouting for All|date=November 7, 2003|accessdate=February 27, 2012}}

Cozza broke his left collar bone in his first race of 2010 on stage 2 of the Tour of Qatar, requiring surgery as it was the third time he had broken it. Cozza announced that he would be taking a break from professional cycling in February 2012, in order to fully recover from colitis.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cozza-quits-netapp-contract-due-to-health-problems|title=Cozza quits NetApp contract due to health problems|date=February 27, 2012|accessdate=February 27, 2012|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited}}{{cite news|url=http://www.teamnetapp.com/en/news/detailview/news/steven-cozza-to-pause-his-career/|title=Steven Cozza to pause his career|date=February 27, 2012|access-date=February 27, 2012|work={{UCI team code|APP|2012}}|publisher=NetApp Deutschland GmbH|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301085155/http://www.teamnetapp.com/en/news/detailview/news/steven-cozza-to-pause-his-career|archive-date=March 1, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|url=http://www.seginternational.com/cycling/page=site.news_article/id=1159/steven_the_stache_cozza_to_pause_his_career.html|title=Steven 'The Stache' Cozza to pause his career|date=February 27, 2012|accessdate=February 27, 2012|work=SEG Cycling|publisher=Sports Entertainment Group}} {{as of|2012|7}} he is a Realtor for Frank Howard Allen in Petaluma, California.{{cite news|work=New York Times|date=July 19, 2012|title=Boy Scouts Are Ashamed of This Ban|author=Steven Cozza|url=https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/07/19/why-do-the-boy-scouts-exclude-gays/boy-scouts-are-ashamed-of-the-ban-on-gay-members}}