Kevin Quintero

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Kevin Quintero
2018 2019 UCI Track World Cup Berlin 090.jpg
Quintero in 2018
Personal information
Full nameKevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro
Born (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 25)
Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Discipline Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Major wins
Keirin, World Championships (2023)
UCI Nations Cup
Keirin (2021, 2022, 2023)
Sprint (2021)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Men's track cycling
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships 102
Nations Cup 411
Nations Cup stage 360
Champions League stage 113
Pan American Games 321
Pan American Championships 756
CAC Games 033
South American Games 101
Bolivarian Games 300
Total231817
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Keirin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Keirin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Ballerup Keirin
Nations Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Team sprint
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019–20 Keirin
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Lima Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Lima Sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Santiago Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Santiago Sprint
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Cochabamba Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Cochabamba1 km time trial
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Lima Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 LimaSprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Lima1 km time trial
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 LimaTeam sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Carson Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Aguascalientes 1 km time trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 AguascalientesTeam Sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Lima Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 San Juan Sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 CarsonKeirin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 AguascalientesKeirin
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 AguascalientesSprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 CochabambaSprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 LimaSprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 LimaTeam sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 San JuanTeam sprint
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Barranquilla 1 km time trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 San Salvador Keirin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 San SalvadorTeam sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 BarranquillaSprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 BarranquillaTeam sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 San SalvadorSprint
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Cochabamba Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 CochabambaSprint
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Valledupar Keirin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 ValleduparSprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 ValleduparTeam sprint

Kevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro (born 28 October 1998) is a Colombian track cyclist, who specializes in sprinting events. [1] He has won numerous medals in continental games and championships, as well as competed at the 2018, 2019 and 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. [2] He most notably won the Keirin at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

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He represented Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3]

On 26 June 2024, the Colombian Olympic Committee chose Quintero and javelin thrower Flor Ruiz as the flag bearers to Paris 2024. [4]

He will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's keirin on 11 August 2024.

Major results

2015
2nd Silver medal america.svg Kilometer, Pan American Junior Championships
2016
Pan American Junior Championships
1st Gold medal america.svg Team sprint
1st Gold medal america.svg Kilometer
2nd Silver medal america.svg Sprint
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Keirin
3rd Team sprint, National Championships
2017
National Championships
2nd Team sprint
3rd Keirin
2018
South American Games
1st Gold medal america.svg Team sprint
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Sprint
National Championships
1st MaillotColombia.PNG Kilometer
1st MaillotColombia.PNG Sprint
2nd Team sprint
Central American and Caribbean Games
2nd Silver medal america.svg Kilometer
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Sprint
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Team sprint
Pan American Championships
2nd Silver medal america.svg Kilometer
2nd Silver medal america.svg Team sprint
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Sprint
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Keirin
2019
Pan American Games
1st Gold medal america.svg Keirin
1st Gold medal america.svg Team sprint
2nd Silver medal america.svg Sprint
UCI World Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Keirin, Brisbane
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Keirin, Milton
Pan American Championships
1st Gold medal america.svg Keirin
1st Gold medal america.svg Kilometer
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Sprint
National Championships
1st MaillotColombia.PNG Keirin
1st MaillotColombia.PNG Sprint
2nd Kilometer
2nd Team sprint
2021
Pan American Championships
1st Gold medal america.svg Kilometer
1st Gold medal america.svg Sprint
1st Gold medal america.svg Keirin
1st Gold medal america.svg Team sprint
National Championships
1st MaillotColombia.PNG Sprint
2nd Kilometer
UCI Nations Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Overall Keirin
1st Gold medal blank.svg Overall Sprint
1st Sprint, St. Petersburg
1st Keirin, Cali
2nd Sprint, Cali
2nd Team sprint, Cali
UCI Champions League
3rd Sprint, Panevėžys
3rd Keirin, London
2022
UCI Nations Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Overall Keirin
1st Keirin, Milton
2nd Keirin, Glasgow
2nd Team sprint, Cali
Bolivarian Games
1st Gold medal bolivarianos.svg Keirin
1st Gold medal bolivarianos.svg Sprint
1st Gold medal bolivarianos.svg Team sprint
National Championships
1st MaillotColombia.PNG Sprint
2nd Keirin
3rd Team sprint
Pan American Championships
2nd Silver medal america.svg Keirin
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Sprint
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Team sprint
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Keirin, UCI World Championships
UCI Champions League
3rd Sprint, Berlin
2023
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Keirin, UCI World Championships
UCI Nations Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Overall Keirin
Pan American Championships
2nd Silver medal america.svg Sprint
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Team sprint
Central American and Caribbean Games
2nd Silver medal america.svg Keirin
2nd Silver medal america.svg Team sprint
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Sprint

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References

  1. "Kevin Quintero". CyclingArchives.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. Start list
  3. "A un mes de Tokio 2021, Colombia completa 55 clasificados" (in Spanish). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. "Flor Denis Ruiz y Kevin Quintero, abanderados de Colombia para París 2024" [Flor Denis Ruiz and Kevin Quintero, Colombian flag bearers for Paris 2024]. www.olimpicocol.co (in Spanish). Colombian Olympic Committee. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
París 2024
With: Flor Ruiz
Succeeded by
Incumbent