Roberto Menéndez (born 9 October 1949) is a Cuban former

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. He competed at the

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

and the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

as well as the

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

and

1975 Pan American Games The 1975 Pan American Games, officially known as the VII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mexico 1975 (), were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games ...

. At the 1971 Pan American Games in

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, he won a gold medal for the Men's Team Time Trial event alongside Gregorio Aldo Arencibia, Pedro Rodríguez, and Galio Albolo. At the 1975 Pan American Games in

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, he won the silver medal for the same event alongside Aldo Arencibia, Carlos Cardet, and José Prieto.

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* 1949 births Living people Cuban male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Cuba Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games gold medalists in cycling Pan American Games silver medalists in cycling Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Cyclists at the 1971 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Cyclists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 21st-century Cuban people 20th-century Cuban sportsmen {{Cuba-cycling-bio-stub