Luis Hernán Díaz Villegas (4 November 1945 – 24 November 2021) was a Colombian

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 reached the quarterfinal in the

individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...

event 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 ...

. Díaz was born in

Buga, Valle del Cauca Buga (), formally Guadalajara de Buga, is a city and municipality in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia. It is famous for its Basilica del Señor de los Milagros, which houses an image of Christ called ''el Señor de los Milagros'' ("th ...

on 4 November 1945. He died from cancer on 24 November 2021, at the age of 76.Murió Luis Hernán Díaz, gloria del ciclismo colombiano, a los 76 años
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Career

;1976 :1st in Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia, Tunja (COL) :1st in Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia,

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...

(COL) :1st in Stage 14 Vuelta a Colombia,

Medellín Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...

(COL)

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* 1945 births 2021 deaths Colombian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Colombia Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Valle del Cauca Department Place of death missing 20th-century Colombian sportsmen 21st-century Colombian people {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub