Juan Curuchet

Juan Esteban Curuchet (born 4 February 1965 in Mar del Plata) is an Argentine road bicycle racer and track cyclist.

Juan Curuchet
Personal information
Full nameJuan Esteban Curuchet
Born (1965-02-04) 4 February 1965
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Professional teams
19891991Giessegi
1992Rudy Project
19921995Supermercados Toledo
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Madison
World Championships
2004 Melbourne Madison
1995 Bogota Madison
2001 Antwerp Points Race
1992 Valencia Points Race
1997 Perth Madison
2000 Manchester Madison
2001 Antwerp Madison
2002 Ballerup Madison
2002 Ballerup Points Race
2003 Stuttgart Madison
2004 Melbourne Points Race
2006 Bordeaux Madison
Pan American Games
1999 Winnipeg Madison
2003 Santo Domingo Madison
2007 Rio de Janeiro Madison
1983 Caracas Points Race
2003 Santo Domingo Team Pursuit
Pan American Championships
2005 Mar del PlataPoints race
2005 Mar del PlataMadison
2006 São PauloMadison

Curuchet represented Argentina at the Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008.

He won the madison at the 1999 Pan American Games with his older brother, Gabriel Ovidio Curuchet. He also won the madison at the 2003 Pan American Games and 2007 Pan American Games alongside Walter Pérez and the Cycling World Championships in 2004 (Men's Madison).

Curuchet holds an Argentine record of participating in six non-consecutive Olympic games. He retired from his Olympic career at age 43, by winning the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Walter Pérez.

In 2008, he received the gold Gold Olimpia Award as the best athlete of the year from his country with Walter Pérez. In 2000 and 2010 he won the Platinum Konex Award as the best cyclist of the last decade in Argentina.

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