Ramón Hoyos Vallejo (26 May 1932 – 19 November 2014) was a Colombian road bicycle racer who won the men's individual road race at the 1959 Pan American Games. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics; in 1956 and 1960.[1][2] He also won the Vuelta a Colombia five times: in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1958.
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| Full name | Ramón Hoyos Vallejo | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | El escarabajo de la montaña, Don Ramón de Marinilla | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 1932 Marinilla, Antioquia, Colombia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 November 2014 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| Antioquia–Coltejer | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results edit
- 1952
- 1st Stage 9 Vuelta a Colombia
- 1953
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Stages 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15
- 1954
- 1st
Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Héctor Mesa, Justo Londoño and Efraín Forero) - 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Stages 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Puerto Rico
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1955
- 1st
Road race, Pan American Games - 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18
- 1956
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Stages 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16 & 17
- 1st Stages 7 & 14 Vuelta a Mexico
- 1958
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Stages 2, 11 & 14
- 1959
- 1st Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Pablo Hurtado and Efraín Forero)
- 1960
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia
References edit
- ^ "Ramón Hoyos Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Murió Ramón Hoyos Vallejo, leyenda del ciclismo colombiano" (in Spanish). elespectador.com. 19 November 2014.
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