Raymond Castilloux

Raymond Castilloux

Raymond Castilloux (born November 23, 1934 in Paspébiac, Québec) is former racing cyclist, who was born in Canada. At age 14, he went to spend the summer in Buffalo, NY while visiting his relatives. He eventually started school there and worked as steel-worker in the open-hearth.

At age 18, he was interested in ice speed skating and in the summer he took up cycling. He participated in different races, and became a professional cyclist. He became a US citizen and became the No.1 cyclist in the 1964 classification for the Olympics of 1964 in Central Park, NY. He then represented the USA at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

References

* [http://www.paspebiac.com/ PasPeBiac]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/raymond-castilloux-1.html Sports-Reference]


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