José Augusto Torres Gil (born 28 March 1995) is a cyclist who competes in

freestyle BMX Freestyle BMX is bicycle motocross stunt riding on BMX bikes. It is an extreme sport descended from BMX racing that consists of four disciplines: street, park, trails, and flatland. The sport made its Olympic debut at the 2020 Summer Olympics. E ...

. Born in Bolivia, he represents Argentina internationally. He won a gold medal at the

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Career

Torres won a silver medal at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...

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, Peru. He competed at the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships in

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, Scotland. He won gold at the

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, Chile. He competed at the

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where he came through the preliminary round to qualify for the final. He scored 94.82 in the first final run which was eventually enough to capture gold medal. He became the first Argentina's gold medalists in BMX freestyle. In December 2024, he won silver at the 2024

UCI Urban Cycling World Championships The UCI Urban Cycling World Championships are the world championship events for freestyle BMX, cross-country eliminator, and Mountain bike trials, trials. They are organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale, Union Cycliste Internationale (UC ...

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Competitive history

All results are sourced from the

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. ''As of August 9th, 2024''

Olympic Games

UCI Cycling World Championships

UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup

Personal life

Born in Bolivia, Torres is of Argentine descent through his parents. He is dual citizen of Bolivia and Argentina.

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Jose Torres Gil
at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics * {{DEFAULTSORT:Torres, José 1995 births Living people Argentine male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Argentina Olympic gold medalists in cycling Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivian people of Argentine descent Bolivian emigrants to Argentina 21st-century Argentine sportsmen Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists in cycling Pan American Games silver medalists in cycling Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games cyclists for Argentina