Carlos Torrent

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Carlos Torrent
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Torrent Tarres
Born (1974-08-29) 29 August 1974 (age 50)
Sarrià de Ter, Spain
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Cycling
ClubCosta de Almería-Paternina
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Team pursuit
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Melbourne Team pursuit

Carlos Torrent Tarres [a] (born 29 August 1974) is a Spanish cyclist. He had his best achievements in track cycling, in the 4000 m team pursuit. In this discipline he won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. [1] [2]

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In road racing, he won the Vuelta a La Rioja in 2002, as well as one stage at Portuguese Grand Prix (2000), GP International MR Cortez-Mitsubishi (2004), Vuelta a Castilla y León (2005) and Vuelta a Burgos (2006). [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torrentand the second or maternal family name is Tarres.

b. Buech & Boilat created the Torrent BB-15053-A in commemoration of his 2004 Olympic Bronze medal.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carlos Torrent". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-09-15.
  2. 1 2 "Carlos Torrent Tarres". CyclingArchives.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.


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