Antón Villatoro

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Antón Villatoro Road cycling
To person
Date of birth June 20, 1970
nation GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala / United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
discipline Street
Driver type All-rounder
To the team
Current team End of career
function driver
Societies)
University of Colorado
Team (s)
1996-1998
1999-2000 		US Postal Service
7 UP-Colorado Cyclist
Most important successes

gold medalCentral America Games 1994 (team time trial) Guatemalan champions (road races) 1994
GuatemalaGuatemala
Last updated: April 25, 2012

Antón Darío Villatoro (born June 20, 1970 in Boulder , Colorado , United States ) is a former American- Guatemalan cyclist .

Career

Villatoro was born in Colorado to a Guatemalan and an American. He graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in International Business and Marketing .

As an amateur, Villatoro won the Tour of Guatemala in 1991 . Three years later he secured the gold medal in the team time trial of the Central American Games with the Guatemalan national team and was also the Guatemalan road racing champion . In 1995 he competed at the Pan American Games and finished fourth in the individual time trial . Villatoro represented Guatemala at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in his adopted country of America and was 25th in the time trial competition.

Following the Olympic Games, Villatoro became a professional with the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team , where he mainly acted as a helper . In 1998 he was the first Guatemalan to contest the classic Tour of Flanders and Paris – Roubaix . Although he was unable to finish the races, he drew attention to himself on the Tour of Flanders by participating in an attempt to break away by a top group of 15.

For the 1999 season he moved to the American GS3 team 7 UP-Colorado Cyclist , where he was one of the most important drivers. In the same year he took part again in the Pan American Games . In the national championships of the USA won the bronze medal in the road race. In the sprint he only had to admit defeat to Marty Jemison and Fred Rodriguez . In 1999 Villatoro achieved another victory after three years when he was successful on the second stage of the Tour of Willamette in the USA.

In 2001 Villatoro ended his career as a professional cyclist. After his career, he worked in the field of sports management.

successes

1991
1994
  • gold medal Team Time Trial Central America Games 1994
  • GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemalan Champion (Road Race)

Teams

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b nytimes.com of April 15, 1998: "Native Guatemalan Finds the Paris-Roubaix Fun, but Tough: Virtual Race Becomes Real for Cyclist"
  2. ^ "Team 7Up-Colorado Cyclist" at cyclingnews.com. Retrieved March 29, 2014
  3. ↑ "All-Star Team with a Big Experience." Retrieved March 29, 2014 from racehq.com

Web links


personal data
SURNAME Villatoro, Antón
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Villatoro, Antón Darío (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Guatemalan cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Boulder