Belem Guerrero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guerrero and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.
Belem Guerrero
Personal information
Full nameBelem Guerrero Méndez
Born (1974-04-08) 8 April 1974 (age 50)
Mexico City, Mexico
Team information
DisciplineTrack & road
RoleRider
Rider typeEndurance
Professional team
1999Acca Due O
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Women's track cycling
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Points Race
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bordeaux Points Race
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Perth Points Race
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Antwerp Points Race
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Melbourne Points Race
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1995 Mar del Plata Points Race
Silver medal – second place 1999 Winnipeg Points Race
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata Individual Pursuit
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 San Salvador Points race
Silver medal – second place 2002 San Salvador 3000m Individual Pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2002 San Salvador Scratch
Bronze medal – third place 2002 San Salvador Road race
Women's road bicycle racing
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Quito Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Montevideo Road race

Belem Guerrero Méndez (born March 8, 1974, in Mexico City) is a Mexican former road and track cyclist who represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where she won a silver medal in the Women's Points Race.

She won the points race gold and the bronze medals in 3000m Individual Pursuit and road race during the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, but failed the doping control with Pseudoephedrine and her medals were stripped.[1][2]

Palmarès

1997
3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
1998
2nd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
1999
2nd Points race, Round 5, Track World Cup, Cali
2001
3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2nd Pan American Championships, Road, Medellin
2002
1st Pan American Championships, Road, Quito
1st Pan American Championships, Track, Individual pursuit, Quito
1st Pan American Championships, Track, Scratch, Quito
2nd Pan American Championships, Track, Points race, Quito
3rd Stage 4, Redlands Bicycle Classic
3rd Scratch race, Round 1, Track World Cup, Monterrey
1st Points race, Round 1, Track World Cup, Monterrey
2004
3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2nd Points race, Round 1, Track World Cup, Moscow
3rd Points race, Round 3, Track World Cup, Manchester
2nd Points race, Summer Olympics
2007
1st Pan American Championships, Track, Points race, Valencia
2nd Pan American Games, Road, Rio de Janeiro
3rd Pan American Games, Points race, Rio de Janeiro
2008
3rd Copa Federacion Venezolana de Ciclismo
3rd Pan American Championships, Road
3rd Stage 4, Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador, Lourdes

References

  1. ^ "Escandalo por dopaje de mexicanos". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1998-08-20. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  2. ^ "Soraya, octava mexicana con problemas de dopaje". El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. NOTIMEX. 2002-08-25. Retrieved 2016-04-16.


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