Walter Tardáguila (born 13 July 1943) is a former Uruguayan

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 competed in the individual road race and

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

events 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 the individual road race Walter Tardáguila finished 74th, and in the 100 km Team Trial Walter Tardáguila's team finished 27th. In the individual road race, Tardáguila finished with a margin of 2:51.0 when compared to the leading team. In the 100 km Team Trial, Tardáguila's team finished with a time of 2-21:57.7. Notably, he witnessed and survived the Munich Massacre.

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* 1943 births Living people Uruguayan male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Uruguay Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-cycling-bio-stub