Juan Curuchet
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Juan Esteban Curuchet |
| Born |
February 4, 1965 Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1989–1991 | Giessegi |
| 1992 | Rudy Project |
| 1992–1995 | Supermercados Toledo |
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Infobox last updated on 22 August 2008 | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| UCI Track Cycling World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2004 Melbourne | Madison |
| Silver | 1995 Bogota | Madison |
| Silver | 2001 Antwerp | Points Race |
| Silver | 2006 Bordeaux | Madison |
| Bronze | 1992 Valencia | Points Race |
| Bronze | 1997 Perth | Madison |
| Bronze | 2000 Manchester | Madison |
| Bronze | 2001 Antwerp | Madison |
| Bronze | 2002 Ballerup | Madison |
| Bronze | 2002 Ballerup | Points Race |
| Bronze | 2003 Stuttgart | Madison |
| Bronze | 2004 Melbourne | Points Race |
| Summer Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2008 Beijing | Madison |
| Pan American Games | ||
| Gold | 1999 Winnipeg | Madison |
| Gold | 2003 Santo Domingo | Madison |
| Gold | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Madison |
| Silver | 1983 Caracas | Points Race |
Juan Esteban Curuchet (born February 4, 1965 in Mar del Plata) is a road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina.
Curuchet represented Argentina at the Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008.
He won the madison at the 1999 Pan American Games with his older brother, Gabriel Ovidio Curuchet. He also won the madison at the 2003 Pan American Games and 2007 Pan American Games alongside Walter Pérez.
Curuchet holds an Argentine record of participating in six non-consecutive Olympic games. He closed his Olympic career at age 43, by winning the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Walter Pérez.[2]
Palmarès
- 1992
- 3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Valencia
- 2nd Buenos-Aires, Six Days (ARG)
- 1994
- 1st Vuelta al Valle (ARG)
- 1995
- 2nd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bogota
- 1st Mar del Plata, Six Days (ARG) (with Gabriel Curuchet
- 1997
- 1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
- 2nd Medellin, Six Days (COL)
- 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Perth
- 1998
- 1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
- 1st National Time Trial Championship, Argentina (ARG)
- 1st UCI Track World Cup, Cali, Madison (COL) (with Gabriel Curuchet)
- 1999
- 1st Buenos-Aires, Six Days (ARG) (with Gabriel Curuchet)
- 1st Frisco, Madison, Frisco, Texas, (USA) (with Gabriel Curuchet)
- 2nd UCI Track World Cup, Cali, Madison (COL)
- 1st UCI Track World Cup, Cali, Points race (COL)
- 2000
- 1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
- 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Manchester
- 1st Buenos-Aires, Six Days (ARG) (with Gabriel Curuchet)
- 2001
- 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Antwerp
- 2nd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2002
- 2nd Aguascalientes, Six Days (MEX)
- 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st National Time Trial Championship, Santiago del Estero (ARG)
- 2003
- 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 3rd Vuelta de San Juan (ARG)
- 2nd Stage 2, Vuelta de San Juan
- 1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
- 3rd Stage 4 Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado
- 2nd Stage 5b, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado
- 1st Stage 5a, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado
- 1st UCI Track World Cup, Aguascalientes, Madison (MEX) (with Walter Pérez)
- 2nd UCI Track World Cup, Aguascalientes, Points race (MEX)
- 1st Cape Town, Madison (RSA) (with Walter Pérez)
- 1st Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA) (with Giovanni Lombardi)
- 1st Tre Giorni Citta di Pordenone (ITA) (with Walter Pérez)
- 1st Madison, National Track Championship, Cordoba (ARG) (with Walter Pérez)
- 2004
- 1st Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships (with Walter Pérez)
- 3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Melbourne
- 3rd Stage 5 Vuelta de San Juan (ARG)
- 1st UCI Track World Cup, Moscow, Madison (RUS) (with Walter Pérez)
- 3rd UCI Track World Cup, Moscow, Points race (RUS)
- 1st Aguascalientes, Points race (MEX)
- 1st Sydney, Madison (AUS) (with Walter Pérez)
- 2005
- 1st Points race, Pan American Games, Mae del Plata
- 1st Madison, Pan American Games, Mae del Plata (with Walter Pérez)
- 1st Tre Giorni Citta di Pordenone (ITA) (with Walter Pérez)
- 3rd Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA)
- 2nd Torino, Six Days, Torino (ITA)
- 2006
- 2nd Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
- 2nd Stage 6a, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado
- 2nd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bordeaux
- 2007
- 2nd Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
- 2nd Stage 6b, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado
- 2nd Stage 6a, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado
- 3rd UCI Track World Cup, Manchester, Points race (GBR)
- 2nd Clasica 1° de Mayo Argentina (ARG)
- 2nd Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA)
- 1st Torino, Six Days (ITA) (with Walter Pérez)
- 2nd Apertura Mercedes (ARG)
- 2008
- 1st Stage 1, Criterium Internacional, Mar del Plata (ARG)
- 2nd Stage 2, Criterium Internacional, Mar del Plata (ARG)
- 2009
Argentina National Time Trial Champion
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Athlete Biography - CURUCHET Juan Esteban". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 2008-08-23.
- ↑ "Histórico: Curuchet, con 43 años y seis Juegos, se quedó con el oro en Beijing". Infobae.com. 19 August 2008.
External links
- Juan Curuchet profile at Cycling Archives
- sports-reference.com profile
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Ángel Cabrera |
Olimpia de Oro 2008 (alongside Walter Pérez) |
Succeeded by Juan Martín del Potro |
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