Néstor Javier Ayala Ayala is a Colombian paracyclist, who came third in the men's road race T1–2 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He has also won medals at the 2013, 2015 and 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, and multiple medals at the Parapan American Games.
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| Full name | Néstor Javier Ayala Ayala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals | 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals | 2011, 2015, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National finals | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editAyala is from Bogotá, Colombia.[1] He studied Physical Education at the University of Santo Tomas.[1]
Career
editAyala started cycling in 2007.[1] He competes in T2 classification events, for athletes with cerebral palsy.[1] He won gold medals at the 2011 and 2015 Parapan American Games, and a silver medal at the 2019 Parapan American Games.[1]
At the 2013 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Ayala came third in both the road race and time trial T2 events.[2] In May 2014, he won a Paralympic World Cup event in Italy.[3] At the 2015 World Championships, Ayala came second in the 28km road race.[4]
Ayala came third in the men's road race T1–2 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[5] He also came seventh in the time trial T1–2 event at the Games.[6] At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Ayala finished fourth in the time trial T2 event, a fraction of a second behind Stephen Hills, who finished third.[5] At the 2018 World Championships, Ayala finished third in the road race T2 event.[7] He competed at the 2019 World Championships, but did not win a medal.[8] That year, he also came fourth in a World Cup road race event in Italy.[9] At the 2020 Colombian National Championships, Ayala won the road race event, and finished second in the time trial.[10]
Honours
editAyala won the Acord Bogotá-IDRD award in 2013[11] and 2014.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Néstor Javier Ayala Un Bogotano Multimedallista en Ciclismo Paralímpico" (in Spanish). DXT Capital. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Gran Balance de Colombia al cierre del Campeonato Mundial de Paracycling de Ruta". Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). 2 September 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Copa Mundo de Paracycling: Néstor Javier Ayala se colgó el oro en Italia". Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Para-cycling: First world title for Hilario Rimas, clean sweep for Germany in C1". Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Javier Ayala rozó el podio en el Campeonato Mundial de ruta paralímpico 2017" (in Spanish). Colombian Cycling Federation. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Men's Time Trial T1-2". www.rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Para-cycling Road World Championships results: Fuchs claims eighth spot in road race". In the Bunch. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Diego Dueñas y Esneider Muñoz medallistas de BRONCE en la Copa Mundo de Paracycling en Corradinia Italia". Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Dos colombianos regresan al país con bronce de la UCI Para Cycling Road World Cup". CPC (in Spanish). 14 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Bogotá ganó la ruta del Nacional de Paracycling" (in Spanish). Institute for Recreation and Sport. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Jessica Parra y Néstor Javier Ayala fueron premiados en los Acord Bogotá-IDRD 2013". Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Tres galardones para el ciclismo en la ceremonia del Deportista del Año Acord Bogotá–IDRD". Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2022.