Augusto Castro Herrera (born 19 December 1986) is a retired Colombian professional

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cyclist. He represented his nation

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at the

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, and has claimed multiple Colombian national titles in the men's elite category and a prestigious gold medal in junior cruiser at the 2004

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. Before announcing his retirement in August 2013, Castro also raced and trained professionally for Psykopath Industries BMX Team. Castro qualified for the Colombian squad, along with Andrés Jiménez Caicedo and

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, in men's BMX cycling at the

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by receiving one of the nation's three available berths from the

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based on his top-ten performance in the BMX World Rankings. Castro started his morning session by grabbing the seventh prelims seed in 36.301 seconds, but he could not match a more stellar ride in his quarterfinal heat with 14 positioning points and a fifth-place finish, narrowly missing out the semifinals by a single mark.

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* * * * 1986 births Living people Colombian male cyclists BMX riders Olympic cyclists for Colombia Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics South American Games gold medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in cycling Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Cyclists from Medellín 20th-century Colombian people 21st-century Colombian people Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub