Carlos Torrent
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| Full name | Carlos Torrent Tarres | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1974 Sarrià de Ter, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Costa de Almería-Paternina | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torrent and 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Carlos Torrent Tarres". CyclingArchives.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
External links
[edit]- Carlos Torrent Tarres at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- Carlos Torrent at Olympics.com
- Carlos Torrent at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Carlos Torrent at CQ Ranking
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