Facts:   - weight: 54 kg lb 0 on    - discipline: road    - role: rider    - caption: sigrid corneo at the 2009 uci world championships    - height: 1.76 0 on    - proteam: sc runner guerciotti nobili rubinetterie menikini -- selle italia top girls masters fassa bortolo automazione moltene record carpe diem itera road    - updated: october 11 , 2013    - proyears: 1999 2007 -- 2009 2010 2000 -- 2001 2002 2003 2004 -- 2006      - birth date: 17 april 1971    - fullname: sigrid teresa corneo    - name: sigrid corneo    - currentteam: retired    - image: sigrid corneo , mendrisio 2009 - women elite.jpg    - birth place: lecco , italy   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sigrid corneo .
sigrid teresa corneo -lrb- born april 17 , 1971 in lecco , italy -rrb- is a retired slovenian professional road cyclist of italian descent .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 .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 .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 .