José Torres (cyclist)
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| Nickname | Maligno[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | José Augusto Torres Gil 28 March 1995 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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José Augusto Torres Gil[b] (born 28 March 1995) is a cyclist who competes in freestyle BMX. Born in Bolivia, he represents Argentina internationally. He won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]Torres Gil won a silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.[4]
He competed at the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[5] He won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.[6]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where he came through the preliminary round to qualify for the final.[7][8] He scored 94.82 in the first final run which was eventually enough to capture gold medal. He became the first Argentina's gold medalists in BMX freestyle.
In December 2024, he won silver at the 2024 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Abu Dhabi.[9]
Competitive history
[edit]All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.
As of August 9th, 2024
Olympic Games
[edit]| Event | Freestyle Park |
|---|---|
 2024 Paris
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Gold |
UCI Cycling World Championships
[edit]| Event | Freestyle Park |
|---|---|
 2017 Chengdu
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29th |
| 2018 Chengdu
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— |
| 2019 Chengdu
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— |
| 2021 Montpellier
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— |
 2022 Abu Dhabi
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5th |
 2023 Glasgow
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9th |
UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup
[edit]| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | MON 10 |
BRU 7 |
GOL — |
10 | 1090 | |
| 2023 | DIR 4 |
MON 9 |
BRU 6 |
BAZ 31 |
6 | 1984 |
| 2024 | ENO 6 |
MON — |
SHA — |
18 | 670 |
Personal life
[edit]Born in Bolivia, Torres Gil is of Argentine descent through his parents.[2] He is dual citizen of Bolivia and Argentina.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Argentine name, the surname is Torres Gil.
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torres and the second or maternal family name is Gil.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cuánto sale la bicicleta que usó "Maligno" Torres para ganar la primera medalla de oro argentina en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024".
- ^ a b "El vuelo del "Maligno" Torres hacia el oro en los Juegos Olímpicos París 2024: quién es el cordobés nacido en Bolivia que le dio la primera medalla a la Argentina en BMX freestyle". 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Jose Torres". Olympics. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ de Jong, Bart (11 August 2023). "FREESTYLE 2023 UCI CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - BMX FREESTYLE PARK MEN". Fatbmx. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cooney, Gavin (30 July 2024). "An afternoon in awe of BMX Freestyle, one of the Olympics' newest - and most entertaining". Headtopics. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "American BMX star Hannah Roberts wins fifth straight freestyle world title". The Guardian. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Jose Torres Gil at Olympics.com
- Jose Torres Gil at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- José Augusto Torres Gil at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Argentine male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for Argentina
- Olympic gold medalists in cycling
- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Bolivian people of Argentine descent
- Bolivian emigrants to Argentina
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen