Personal information | |
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Full name | Pia Ann-Katrine Sundstedt |
Born | 2 May 1975 Kokkola, Finland[1] |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1] |
Weight | 115 lb (52 kg)[1] |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road and mountain |
Role | Rider |
Pia Ann-Katrine Sundstedt (born 2 May 1975 in Kokkola, Finland[1]) is a professional former cyclist, who competes in road bicycle racing and mountain bike racing, as well as cross-country skiing events. Sundstedt competed in the Summer Olympics for Finland. Having started in 2006, Sundstedt competes for Rocky Mountain/Business Objects mountain bike racing team.
In 2000, Sundstedt won the Montreal World Cup event and competed for Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In recent years, the four-time national Finnish national road cycling champion focused her attentions toward marathon mountain bike races and cross country skiing events. Her efforts paid off in 2006 when Sundstedt captured two World Cup events and the overall individual points championship in the UCI World Cup for Cross country Marathon (XCM).
In 2008, Sundstedt came 1st in the Women's Category at the Absa Cape Epic with teammate Alison Sydor.
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 20th and in the Women's time trial finishing 11th.[2]