Diego Alejandro Arboleda Ospina (born 16 August 1996) is a Colombian BMX racer. He won the bronze medal at the 2023 UCI BMX Racing World Cup and was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Diego Alejandro Arboleda Ospina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1996[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | BMX racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early and personal life
editHe is from Girardota in the Antioquia Department of Colombia.[2] His brother Juan Pablo was also an international rider before training in medicine. The pair became interest in BMX when they were four years-old through a family friend, and received bikes as Christmas presents the following year. He also has a sister, Laura.[3]
Career
editHe had to have hip and femur surgery following a fall during training in 2018 and he left the race track at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru on a stretcher following a bad race crash.[4] Nevertheless, he returned to racing, and in 2021 he returned to Lima and won the BMX Pan American Championships.[5]
In May 2022, he became the first Colombian man to lead the world rankings.[6] He won the opening race of the 2022 UCI BMX Racing World Cup on 28 May 2022 in Glasgow, Scotland.[7] He was a silver medalist at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay.[8]
He won the bronze medal at the conclusion of the 2023 UCI BMX Racing World Cup.[9]
He was selected to represent Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[10] Racing at the Games, he made it through the preliminary round on 1 August 2024, to race in the semi finals.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ "Diego Alejandro Arboleda Ospina". Eurosport. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "2024 Olympic Games: the BMX excitement begins: Mariana Pajón, Carlos Ramírez and Diego Arboleda... on the charge!". eltiempo. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Diego Arboleda, a proud son of Girardota". copaci.org. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Martin, Marta (21 September 2022). "Diego Arboleda: Five things to know about the world's second-ranked BMX racer". olympics.com. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Mariana Pajón y Diego Arboleda son los campeones de los panamericanos de BMX". revistamunociclistico.com. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Diego Arboleda lidera el ranking UCI en el BMX; tres colombianos en el top 10". revistamundociclisto.com. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Tullcoh, Ash (28 May 2022). "Laura Smulders and Diego Arboleda win 2022 UCI BMX Racing World Cup opener in Glasgow". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Mariana Pajón, queen of gold also in Asunción 2022". copaci.org. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "BMXDiego Arboleda finished third in the 2023 season of the UCI BMX Racing World Cups". federacioncolombianadecicismo.com. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Diego Arboleda, Mateo Carmona y Carlos Ramírez en Paris 2024: horario y dónde ver los cuartos de final del BMX racing de los Juegos Olímpicos". Clarosports. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Molina, Felipe (1 August 2024). "Carmona and Arboleda reach the semis; Ramírez eliminated in BMX". as.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Mateo Carmona and Diego Arboleda reach the BMX semi-finals at the Olympic Games". wradio. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.