Jimena Florit (born May 18, 1972 in Olivos, Vicente López) is a female cyclist from

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, specializing in competitive

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. Florit twice represented her native

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n country at the

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(2000 and 2004), where she finished in 20th and 12th place in the final rankings of the women's cross-country race. In 2003, she claimed the gold medal at the

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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic , total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 ( Distrito Nacional) , webs ...

, defeating USA's

Mary McConneloug Mary McConneloug (born June 24, 1971 in San Francisco, California) is a racing cyclist from the United States, specializing in competitive mountain biking. She is a four time USA Cross Country Mountain Bike National Champion having captured the ...

(silver) and Chile's Francisca Campos (bronze).

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1972 births Living people Argentine female cyclists Cross-country mountain bikers Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Olympic cyclists of Argentina People from Vicente López Partido Pan American Games medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province 21st-century Argentine women {{Argentina-cycling-bio-stub