Julio César Herrera Cabrera (born March 11, 1977, in

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

) is a retired male

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

from

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

. He competed for his native country in the

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

and

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), ...

. Herrera won three medals at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

, Manitoba, Canada.

Career

Herrera won the sprint silver medal and the 1 km time trial bronze in the 2002 Pan American Championships held in Quito, Ecuador.

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* 1977 births Living people Cuban track cyclists Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic cyclists for Cuba Sportspeople from Havana Cuban male cyclists Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in cycling Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-cycling-bio-stub