Kevin Daniel Ríos Quintana (born January 24, 1993, in

Rionegro, Antioquia Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is "Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro". Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the c ...

) is a Colombian amateur track cyclist. He represented his nation

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, as a member of the men's national pursuit team, at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, and also, claimed the men's junior trophy in road cycling at the 2011 Vuelta del Porvenir de Colombia. Rios qualified for the Colombian squad in the men's team pursuit at the

in London based on the nation's selection process from the UCI Track World Rankings. He and his teammates

Edwin Ávila Edwin Alcibiades Ávila Vanegas (born 21 November 1989 in Cali) is a Colombian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's team pursuit for the national team. He won the ...

Arles Castro Arles Antonio Castro Laverde (born July 17, 1979) is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos ...

, and

Weimar Roldán Weimar Alfonso Roldán Ortíz (born May 17, 1985 in Medellín) is a Colombian professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Major results ;2005 : 1st Time trial, Pan American Under-23 Road Championship ...

recorded an eighth-place time of 4:04.772 in the classification final match, losing only to the Dutch squad by more than two tenths of a second.

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NBC Olympics Profile
* 1993 births Living people Colombian male cyclists Colombian track cyclists Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Colombia People from Rionegro Cyclists from Antioquia Department 21st-century Colombian people Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub