Carlos Torrent Tarres (born 29 August 1974) is a Spanish cyclist. He had his best achievements in track cycling, in the 4000 m

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. In this discipline he won a bronze medal at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and at the

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. In road racing, he won the

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in 2002, as well as one stage at

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(2000), GP International MR Cortez-Mitsubishi (2004),

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(2005) and

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(2006).

Notes

b. Buech & Boilat created the Torrent BB-15053-A in commemoration of his 2004 Olympic Bronze medal.

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* * * * 1974 births Living people Cyclists from Catalonia Spanish male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Spain Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in cycling Olympic bronze medalists for Spain People from Gironès Sportspeople from the Province of Girona Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Spanish track cyclists 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-cycling-bio-stub