- Juan Curuchet
Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Juan Curuchet
image_caption =
fullname = Juan Esteban Curuchet
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1965|2|4
country = ARG
height = height|m=1.75cite web| url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/204491.shtml| title=Athlete Biography - CURUCHET Juan Esteban | publisher=Beijing Olympics official website]
weight = convert|75|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
currentteam =
discipline = Track
role = Rider
ridertype =
amateuryears =
amateurteams =
proyears = 1989–1991
1992
1992–1995
proteams = Giessegi
Rudy Project
Supermercados Toledo
majorwins =
updated =22 August 2008
medaltemplates =Juan Esteban Curuchet (born
February 4 ,1965 inBuenos Aires ) is aroad bicycle racer andtrack cyclist fromArgentina .Curuchet represented his native country at six
Summer Olympics ; in 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.He won the gold medal in the Men's Madison at the
1999 Pan American Games alongside his older brother Gabriel Ovidio Curuchet. He also won gold medals in the Men's Madison at the2003 Pan American Games and2007 Pan American Games alongsideWalter Pérez .Curuchet holds the Argentine record of participating in 6 non-consecutive Olympic games. He closed his Olympic career at the age of 43 by winning a gold medal in the Men's Madison at the
2008 Summer Olympics . [cite web| url=http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/398273-100884-0-Histórico:-Juan-Curuchet,-con-43-años-y-seis-Juegos,-se-quedó-con-el-oro| title=Histórico: Curuchet, con 43 años y seis Juegos, se quedó con el oro en Beijing| publisher=Infobae.com| date=19 August 2008]Palmarès
;1992:3rd Points race,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Valencia:2nd Buenos-Aires, Six Days (ARG);1994:1st Vuelta al Valle (ARG)
;1995:2nd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Bogota:1st Mar del Plata, Six Days (ARG) (withGabriel Curuchet ;1997:1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG):2nd Medellin, Six Days (COL):3rd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Perth;1998:1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG):1st Argentinan National Trime Trial Championships, Argentina (ARG):1st UCI Track World Cup, Cali, Madison (COL) (with
Gabriel Curuchet );1999:1st Buenos-Aires, Six Days (ARG) (with
Gabriel Curuchet ):1st Frisco, Madison, Frisco, TX (USA) (withGabriel Curuchet ):2nd UCI Track World Cup, Cali, Madison (COL):1st UCI Track World Cup, Cali, Points race (COL);2000:1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG):3rd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Manchester:1st Buenos-Aires, Six Days (ARG) (withGabriel Curuchet );2001:3rd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Antwerp:2nd Points race,UCI Track Cycling World Championships ;2002:2nd Aguascalientes, Six Days (MEX):3rd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships :3rd Points race,UCI Track Cycling World Championships :1st Argentinan National Time Trial Championships, Santiago del Estero (ARG);2003:3rd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships :3rd Vuelta de San Juan (ARG)::2nd Stage 2, Vuelta de San Juan:1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)::3rd Stage 4 Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado::2nd Stage 5b, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado::1st Stage 5a, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado:1st UCI Track World Cup, Aguascalientes, Madison (MEX) (withWalter Perez ):2nd UCI Track World Cup, Aguascalientes, Points race (MEX):1st Cape Town, Madison (RSA) (withWalter Perez ):1st Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA) (withGiovanni Lombardi ):1st Tre Giorni Citta di Pordenone (ITA) (withWalter Perez ):1st Madison, Argentinan National Track Championships, Cordoba (ARG) (withWalter Perez );2004:1st Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships (withWalter Perez ):3rd Points race,UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Melbourne:3rd Stage 5 Vuelta de San Juan (ARG):1st UCI Track World Cup, Moscow, Madison (RUS) (withWalter Perez ):3rd UCI Track World Cup, Moscow, Points race (RUS):1st Aguascalientes, Points race (MEX):1st Sydney, Madison (AUS) (withWalter Perez );2005:1st Points race, Pan American Games, Mae del Plata:1st Madison, Pan American Games, Mae del Plata (with
Walter Perez ):1st Tre Giorni Citta di Pordenone (ITA) (withWalter Perez ):3rd Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA):2nd Torino, Six Days, Torino (ITA);2006:2nd Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)::2nd Stage 6a, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado:2nd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Bordeaux;2007:2nd General Classification Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)::2nd Stage 6b, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado::2nd Stage 6a, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado:3rd UCI Track World Cup, Manchester, Points race (GBR):2nd Clasica 1° de Mayo Argentina (ARG):2nd Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA):1st Torino, Six Days (ITA) (with
Walter Perez ):2nd Apertura Mercedes (ARG);2008:1st Stage 1, Criterium Internacional, Mar del Plata (ARG):2nd Stage 2, Criterium Internacional, Mar del Plata (ARG)
References
External links
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* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cu/juan-esteban-curuchet-1.html sports-reference.com profile]
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