José Torres (Argentine cyclist)

José Torres Gil (born 28 March 1995) is an Argentine cyclist who competes in freestyle BMX. He won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

José Torres
Personal information
Full nameJosé Torres Gil
Born (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 29)
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia[1]
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
BMX freestyle
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

Career

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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

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  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)