Jaime Huélamo (17 November 1948 – 31 January 2014) was a
road racing cyclist
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from Spain, who was a professional rider from 1973 to 1975. He was born in
Cuenca, Spain
Cuenca () is a city and municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain located in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. It is the capital of the Province of Cuenca.
Etymology
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. He represented his native country at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...
in
Munich
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, West Germany, where he finished third in the
men's individual road race but was disqualified and
stripped of the bronze medal after failing a
drug test
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.
By Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans. Scarecrow Press. 2011.
See also
* List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or ...
* List of doping cases in cycling
The following is an incomplete list of doping cases and recurring accusations of doping in professional cycling, where doping means "use of physiological substances or abnormal method to obtain an artificial increase of performance." It is neither ...
References
External links
Spanish Olympic Committee
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1948 births
2014 deaths
Spanish male cyclists
Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Spain
Doping cases in cycling
Spanish sportspeople in doping cases
Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals
Sportspeople from Cuenca, Spain
Cyclists from Castilla-La Mancha
20th-century Spanish sportsmen
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