Walter Pérez (cyclist)
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Walter Fernando Pérez (born 31 January 1975 in San Justo) is an Olympic gold medal-winning
racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...
from
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. Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Cycling World Championships in 2004 and Men's Madison gold medal at the
2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
with teammate Juan Curuchet. Walter also won two gold medals at the
Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...
(2003 in Santo Domingo and 2007 in Rio de Janeiro). Walter carried the flag for his country at the opening ceremony of the
2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Guadalajara 2011, were an international multi-sport event held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby c ...
in Guadalajara, México and
2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...
in
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,
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. In 2008, he received the Gold Olimpia Award as the best athlete of the year from his country with Juan Curuchet; and in 2010 they won the Platinum Konex Award as the best cyclist of the last decade in Argentina.


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''"Curuchet y Pérez, dos luchadores con gloria"''
Crítica Digital *


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* * * * 1975 births Living people Argentine male cyclists Argentine track cyclists UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Olympic cyclists for Argentina Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Olympic gold medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in cycling Pan American Games silver medalists in cycling Pan American Games bronze medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 1995 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2003 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2007 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2011 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games South American Games silver medalists for Argentina South American Games bronze medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in cycling Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Cyclists from Buenos Aires 20th-century Argentine sportsmen 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-Olympic-medalist-stub