Radamés Eliud Treviño Llanas[a] (7 December 1945 – 12 April 1970) was a Mexican road and track cyclist who won two silver and one bronze medals at the 1967 Pan American Games: in the 100 km team time trial and in the 4 km pursuit, individual and with a team. He competed in these three events at the 1968 Olympics with a best result of fifth place in the individual pursuit.[1]
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Radamés Eliud Treviño Llanas |
| Born | 7 December 1945 Monterrey, Mexico |
| Died | 12 April 1970 (aged 24) |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Medal record | |
On 21 October 1967 he rode the individual pursuit world record in a time of 4'49.73" on a velodrome in Mexico. Later in 1969 he set a world hour record.[2]
Treviño died after a crash during a regional race between Pachuca and Mexico City.[3] A velodrome in Mexico is named in his honor.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Treviño and the second or maternal family name is Llanas.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Radamés Treviño". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ Radamés Treviño. cyclingarchives.com
- ^ "Martin "Cochise" Rodríguez: in 1970 the best of Contiente". www.arcotriunfal.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ^ Alistan remodelación de Velódromo "Radamés Treviño". elporvenir.mx (2 February 2017)
External links
edit- Radamés Treviño at Cycling Archives
- Radamés Treviño at ProCyclingStats
- Radamés Treviño at Olympics.com
- Radamés Treviño at Olympedia
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