Augusto Castro

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Augusto Castro
Personal information
Full nameAugusto Castro Herrera
NicknameTin
Born (1986-12-19) 19 December 1986 (age 37)
Medellín, Colombia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Team information
Current teamPsykopath Industries
Discipline BMX racing
RoleRider
Rider typeOff road
Medal record
Representing Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Men's BMX racing
Event1st2nd3rd
World Junior Championships 100
Pan American Championships000
CAC Games 010
South American Games 210
Total320
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2010 QuitoBMX racing
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Mayagüez BMX racing
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Medellín BMX cruiser
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2010 Medellín BMX racing
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Buenos Aires BMX racing
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2004 ValkenswaardBMX cruiser

Augusto Castro Herrera (born 19 December 1986) is a retired Colombian professional BMX cyclist. [1] He represented his nation Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has claimed multiple Colombian national titles in the men's elite category and a prestigious gold medal in junior cruiser at the 2004 UCI BMX World Championships in Valkenswaard, Netherlands. [2] [3] Before announcing his retirement in August 2013, Castro also raced and trained professionally for Psykopath Industries BMX Team. [4]

Castro qualified for the Colombian squad, along with Andrés Jiménez and Sergio Salazar, in men's BMX cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the nation's three available berths from the Union Cycliste Internationale based on his top-ten performance in the BMX World Rankings. [5] [6] Castro started his morning session by grabbing the seventh prelims seed in 36.301 seconds, but he could not match a more stellar ride in his quarterfinal heat with 14 positioning points and a fifth-place finish, narrowly missing out the semifinals by a single mark. [7] [8] [9]

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References

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