Ramón Hoyos
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Ramón Hoyos Vallejo is a retired road bicycle racer from Colombia
, who won the men's individual road race at the 1959 Pan American Games
. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics; in 1956 and 1960.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, who won the men's individual road race at the 1959 Pan American Games
1959 Pan American Games
The 3rd Pan American Games opened on August 27, 1959 in sunny 90°F heat before 40,000 people in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The first Pan American Games held in North America, they were originally scheduled for Cleveland, Ohio, but the U.S. Congress’s decision to cut $5,000,000 in federal...
. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics; in 1956 and 1960.