Juan Curuchet
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Juan Esteban Curuchet is a road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina
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Curuchet represented Argentina at the Summer Olympics in 1984
, 1988
, 1996
, 2000
, 2004
and 2008
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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
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Curuchet holds an Argentine record of participating in six non-consecutive Olympic games. He closed his Olympic career at 43 by winningn the Gold Medal at madison at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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1994
1995
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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Curuchet represented Argentina at the Summer Olympics in 1984
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
, 1988
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
, 1996
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
, 2000
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, 2004
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
and 2008
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
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He won the madison at the 1999 Pan American Games
1999 Pan American Games
The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23-August 8, 1999 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Approximately 5,000 athletes from 42 nations participated at the games. The 1999...
with his older brother, Gabriel Ovidio Curuchet
Gabriel Curuchet
Gabriel Ovidio Curuchet is a retired road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics . He won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit at the 1987 Pan American Games, followed by the gold in the Men's Madison in 1999...
. He also won the madison at the 2003 Pan American Games
2003 Pan American Games
The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when this country had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America....
and 2007 Pan American Games
2007 Pan American Games
The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in...
alongside Walter Pérez
Walter Pérez
Walter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...
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Curuchet holds an Argentine record of participating in six non-consecutive Olympic games. He closed his Olympic career at 43 by winningn the Gold Medal at madison at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
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Palmarès
1992- 3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsUCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
, Valencia - 2nd Buenos-Aires, Six Days (ARG)
1994
- 1st Vuelta al Valle (ARG)
1995
- 2nd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsUCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
, Bogota - 1st Mar del Plata, Six Days (ARG) (with Gabriel CuruchetGabriel CuruchetGabriel Ovidio Curuchet is a retired road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics . He won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit at the 1987 Pan American Games, followed by the gold in the Men's Madison in 1999...
1997
- 1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
- 2nd Medellin, Six Days (COL)
- 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsUCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
, Perth
1998
- 1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
- 1st National Time Trial Championship, Argentina (ARG)
- 1st UCI Track World CupUCI Track Cycling World Cup ClassicsThe UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is the elite men and women's season-long competition in track cycling, which now comprises several rounds, each held in a different country. The 1995 World Cup had six rounds, this was reduced to four in 1998, 1999-2001 compromised of five rounds before...
, Cali, Madison (COL) (with Gabriel CuruchetGabriel CuruchetGabriel Ovidio Curuchet is a retired road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics . He won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit at the 1987 Pan American Games, followed by the gold in the Men's Madison in 1999...
)
1999
- 1st Buenos-Aires, Six Days (ARG) (with Gabriel CuruchetGabriel CuruchetGabriel Ovidio Curuchet is a retired road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics . He won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit at the 1987 Pan American Games, followed by the gold in the Men's Madison in 1999...
) - 1st Frisco, Madison, Frisco, Texas, (USA) (with Gabriel CuruchetGabriel CuruchetGabriel Ovidio Curuchet is a retired road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics . He won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit at the 1987 Pan American Games, followed by the gold in the Men's Madison in 1999...
) - 2nd UCI Track World CupUCI Track Cycling World Cup ClassicsThe UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is the elite men and women's season-long competition in track cycling, which now comprises several rounds, each held in a different country. The 1995 World Cup had six rounds, this was reduced to four in 1998, 1999-2001 compromised of five rounds before...
, Cali, Madison (COL) - 1st UCI Track World CupUCI Track Cycling World Cup ClassicsThe UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is the elite men and women's season-long competition in track cycling, which now comprises several rounds, each held in a different country. The 1995 World Cup had six rounds, this was reduced to four in 1998, 1999-2001 compromised of five rounds before...
, Cali, Points race (COL)
2000
- 1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
- 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsUCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
, Manchester - 1st Buenos-Aires, Six Days (ARG) (with Gabriel CuruchetGabriel CuruchetGabriel Ovidio Curuchet is a retired road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics . He won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit at the 1987 Pan American Games, followed by the gold in the Men's Madison in 1999...
)
2001
- 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsUCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
, Antwerp - 2nd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsUCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
2002
- 2nd Aguascalientes, Six Days (MEX)
- 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsUCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
- 3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsUCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
- 1st National Time Trial Championship, Santiago del Estero (ARG)
2003
- 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsUCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
- 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 CupUCI Track Cycling World Cup ClassicsThe UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is the elite men and women's season-long competition in track cycling, which now comprises several rounds, each held in a different country. The 1995 World Cup had six rounds, this was reduced to four in 1998, 1999-2001 compromised of five rounds before...
, Aguascalientes, Madison (MEX) (with Walter PérezWalter PérezWalter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...
) - 2nd UCI Track World CupUCI Track Cycling World Cup ClassicsThe UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is the elite men and women's season-long competition in track cycling, which now comprises several rounds, each held in a different country. The 1995 World Cup had six rounds, this was reduced to four in 1998, 1999-2001 compromised of five rounds before...
, Aguascalientes, Points race (MEX) - 1st Cape Town, Madison (RSA) (with Walter PérezWalter PérezWalter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...
) - 1st Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA) (with Giovanni LombardiGiovanni LombardiGiovanni Lombardi is an Italian former professional road bicycling racer who raced from 1992 to 2006. He started his career as a sprinter, winning multiple stages in the Giro d'Italia. He went on to ride as an important helper for the top sprinter names of Erik Zabel and Mario Cipollini. Most...
) - 1st Tre Giorni Citta di Pordenone (ITA) (with Walter PérezWalter PérezWalter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...
) - 1st Madison, National Track Championship, Cordoba (ARG) (with Walter PérezWalter PérezWalter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...
)
2004
- 1st Madison, UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsUCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
(with Walter PérezWalter PérezWalter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...
) - 3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsUCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
, Melbourne - 3rd Stage 5 Vuelta de San Juan (ARG)
- 1st UCI Track World CupUCI Track Cycling World Cup ClassicsThe UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is the elite men and women's season-long competition in track cycling, which now comprises several rounds, each held in a different country. The 1995 World Cup had six rounds, this was reduced to four in 1998, 1999-2001 compromised of five rounds before...
, Moscow, Madison (RUS) (with Walter PérezWalter PérezWalter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...
) - 3rd UCI Track World CupUCI Track Cycling World Cup ClassicsThe UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is the elite men and women's season-long competition in track cycling, which now comprises several rounds, each held in a different country. The 1995 World Cup had six rounds, this was reduced to four in 1998, 1999-2001 compromised of five rounds before...
, Moscow, Points race (RUS) - 1st Aguascalientes, Points race (MEX)
- 1st Sydney, Madison (AUS) (with Walter PérezWalter PérezWalter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...
)
2005
- 1st Points race, Pan American Games, Mae del Plata
- 1st Madison, Pan American Games, Mae del Plata (with Walter PérezWalter PérezWalter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...
) - 1st Tre Giorni Citta di Pordenone (ITA) (with Walter PérezWalter PérezWalter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...
) - 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 ChampionshipsUCI Track Cycling World ChampionshipsThe UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
, 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 CupUCI Track Cycling World Cup ClassicsThe UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is the elite men and women's season-long competition in track cycling, which now comprises several rounds, each held in a different country. The 1995 World Cup had six rounds, this was reduced to four in 1998, 1999-2001 compromised of five rounds before...
, 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 PérezWalter PérezWalter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...
) - 2nd Apertura Mercedes (ARG)
2008
- 1st Stage 1, Criterium Internacional, Mar del Plata (ARG)
- 2nd Stage 2, Criterium Internacional, Mar del Plata (ARG)
2009
- National Time Trial Champion