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José Torres (cyclist)

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In this Argentine name, the surname is Torres Gil.
José Torres Gil[a]
Torres in 2024
Personal information
NicknameMaligno[1][2]
BornJosé Augusto Torres Gil
(1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 29)
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia[3]
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
BMX freestyle
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
Pan American Games 1 1 0
Pan American Championships 2 1 0
South American Games 1 0 0
Total 5 2 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris BMX freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Freestyle park
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Freestyle park
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima Freestyle park
Gold medal – first place 2024 Santiago Freestyle park
Silver medal – second place 2021 Lima Freestyle park
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción Freestyle park

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

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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.

Competitive history

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All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.

As of August 9th, 2024

Olympic Games

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Event Freestyle Park
France 2024 Paris Gold

UCI Cycling World Championships

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Event Freestyle Park
China 2017 Chengdu 29th
China 2018 Chengdu —
China 2019 Chengdu —
France 2021 Montpellier —
United Arab Emirates 2022 Abu Dhabi 5th
United Kingdom 2023 Glasgow 9th

UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup

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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

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Born in Bolivia, Torres Gil is of Argentine descent through his parents.[2] He is dual citizen of Bolivia and Argentina.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ In this Argentine name, the surname is Torres Gil.
  2. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torres and the second or maternal family name is Gil.

References

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  1. ^ 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".
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Jose Torres". Olympics. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ de Jong, Bart (11 August 2023). "FREESTYLE 2023 UCI CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - BMX FREESTYLE PARK MEN". Fatbmx. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
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