Alberto Velázquez
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Alberto Camilo Velázquez (born 16 July 1934) is a Uruguayan former
cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...
. He competed at the
1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...
and the
1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...
. In 2003 he was honored for his work by the Departmental Board of Montevideo. In 2018 he was awarded the "José Nasazzi - Obdulio Varela" prize awarded by the House of Representatives.


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1934 births Living people Uruguayan male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Uruguay Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics People from Florida Department Pan American Games gold medalists in cycling Pan American Games silver medalists in cycling Pan American Games bronze medalists in cycling Pan American Games gold medalists for Uruguay Pan American Games silver medalists for Uruguay Pan American Games bronze medalists for Uruguay Cyclists at the 1955 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-cycling-bio-stub