Susan DeMattei

{{Short description|American cyclist (born 1962)}}

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| fullname = Susan DeMattei

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|10|15}}

| birth_place = {{USA}}

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| discipline = Road & MTB

| role = Rider

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{{MedalSport | Women's mountain bike racing}}

{{MedalCountry| the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalBronze| 1996 Atlanta | Mountainbike}}

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Susan DeMattei (born October 15, 1962) is an American former professional cross-country mountain bike racer.{{cite web |url=http://mmbhof.org/susan-de-mattei/ |title=Susan DeMattei at the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame |date=27 March 2014 |publisher=mmbhof.org |access-date=3 January 2016 }} She became the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in mountain biking when she won the bronze medal in the inaugural Olympic Cross-Country Mountain Biking competition at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.{{cite web |url=http://www.usacycling.org/where-are-they-now-chasing-down-susan-demattei.htm |title=Where Are They Now? Chasing Down Susan DeMattei |publisher=usacycling.org |access-date=3 January 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.bikemag.com/interviews/now-susan-demattei/#UDaFmApZ2tdkqSiS.97 |title=Where Are They Now? Susan DeMattei |date=26 February 2014 |publisher=bikemag.com |access-date=3 January 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DEMATSUS01 |title=Olympics Database |publisher=databaseolympics.com |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170829/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DEMATSUS01 |archive-date=3 March 2016 }} DeMattei was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1997 and, into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.usbhof.org/inductee-by-year/169-susan-marie-demattei |title=Susan DeMattei at the U.S. Bicycling Bike Hall of Fame |publisher=usbhof.org |access-date=3 January 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.keepmarinmarin.org/story/010213/san-rafaels%E2%80%99s-susan-demattei-inducted-cycling-hall-fame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033650/http://www.keepmarinmarin.org/story/010213/san-rafaels%E2%80%99s-susan-demattei-inducted-cycling-hall-fame |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2016 |title=San Rafaels's Susan DeMattei Inducted into the Cycling Hall of Fame! |publisher=keepmarinmarin.org |access-date=4 January 2016 }}