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José Torres (cyclist)

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José Torres
Personal information
Full nameJosé Torres Gill
Born (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 29)
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia[1]
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
BMX freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Freestyle park
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Freestyle park

José Torres Gill (born 28 March 1995) is an Argentine cyclist who competes in freestyle BMX. He won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games.

Career

He won a silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.[2]

He competed at the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[3] He won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.[4]

He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where he came through the preliminary round to qualify for the final.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Jose Torres". Olympics. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  2. ^ Copaci, Prensa (13 August 2019). "THE FREE STYLE BMX DEBUTA IN THE PAN AMERICANS WITH GOLD FOR VENEZUELA AND USA". copaci.org. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. ^ de Jong, Bart (11 August 2023). "FREESTYLE 2023 UCI CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - BMX FREESTYLE PARK MEN". Fatbmx. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ "ARGENTINA WINS ITS FIRST PAN AMERICAN GOLD AND THE U.S. RETAINS ITS TITLE IN BMX FREESTYLE". panamsports. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  5. ^ Tyson, Jackie (30 July 2024). "BMX Freestyle qualifying round leaves 2020 Olympic medallists Worthington and Ducarroz out of Paris finals". Cycling News. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  6. ^ Cooney\date=30 July 2024, Gavin. "An afternoon in awe of BMX Freestyle, one of the Olympics' newest - and most entertaining". Headtopics. Retrieved 31 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)