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Diego Arboleda

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Diego Arboleda
Personal information
Full nameDiego Alejandro Arboleda Ospina
Born (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 28)[1]
Team information
DisciplineBMX racing
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's BMX racing
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Pan American Championships 0 0 0
CAC Games 1 0 0
South American Games 0 1 0
Bolivarian Games 2 0 1
Total 3 1 1
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 BMX racing
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 San Salvador BMX racing
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción BMX Racing
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Santa Marta BMX time trial
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar BMX racing
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Santa Marta BMX racing

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.

Early and personal life

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He 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

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He 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

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  1. ^ "Diego Alejandro Arboleda Ospina". Eurosport. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Diego Arboleda, a proud son of Girardota". copaci.org. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Mariana Pajón y Diego Arboleda son los campeones de los panamericanos de BMX". revistamunociclistico.com. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Diego Arboleda lidera el ranking UCI en el BMX; tres colombianos en el top 10". revistamundociclisto.com. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Mariana Pajón, queen of gold also in Asunción 2022". copaci.org. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  9. ^ "BMXDiego Arboleda finished third in the 2023 season of the UCI BMX Racing World Cups". federacioncolombianadecicismo.com. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ Molina, Felipe (1 August 2024). "Carmona and Arboleda reach the semis; Ramírez eliminated in BMX". as.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Mateo Carmona and Diego Arboleda reach the BMX semi-finals at the Olympic Games". wradio. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.