Carlos Torrent

Carlos Torrent
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Torrent Tarres
Born (1974-08-29) 29 August 1974 (age 50)
Sarrià de Ter, Spain
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportCycling
ClubCosta de Almería-Paternina
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team pursuit
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Melbourne Team pursuit

Carlos Torrent Tarres[a] (born 29 August 1974) is a Spanish cyclist. He had his best achievements in track cycling, in the 4000 m team pursuit. In this discipline he won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[1][2]

In road racing, he won the Vuelta a La Rioja in 2002, as well as one stage at Portuguese Grand Prix (2000), GP International MR Cortez-Mitsubishi (2004), Vuelta a Castilla y León (2005) and Vuelta a Burgos (2006).[2]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torrent and the second or maternal family name is Tarres.

b. Buech & Boilat created the Torrent BB-15053-A in commemoration of his 2004 Olympic Bronze medal.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carlos Torrent". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-09-15.
  2. ^ a b "Carlos Torrent Tarres". CyclingArchives.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.


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