Consuelo Álvarez

Consuelo Álvarez
To person
Nickname	Chely
Date of birth	September 11, 1965
date of death	2nd December 1991
nation	Spain
discipline	Road cycling, mountain biking
Most important successes
	Spanish road championships 1988, 1989 - road races Spanish mountain bike championships 1989 - XC
	Last updated: November 15, 2014

Consuelo "Chely" Álvarez García (born September 11, 1965 in Fuentesnuevas , † December 2, 1991 in Bembibre ) was a Spanish cyclist .

In 1987 Consuelo Álvarez won the GP Ponferrada and in 1988 the GP Laredo . In 1988 and 1989 she was the Spanish road racing champion, and in 1989 she was also the national mountain bike champion.

Álvarez is said to have been put under pressure to succeed by her husband and brothers. Falls while racing and family problems made her deeply depressed and sought therapeutic treatment. Finally, the Spanish cycling federation informed her that she had been removed from the funding program for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . On December 2, 1991, two months after receiving this news from the association, she committed suicide at the age of 26 by hanging herself in the basement of her home in Bembibre. Her family then raised serious allegations against the association, which, however, denied complicity in the athlete's death.

In Bembibre there is a street named after her, Calle Chely Álvarez . In addition, the Copa Diputación de León - Memorial Chely Álvarez junior race is held there every year , in 2014 for the 22nd time.

Web links

Consuelo Álvarez in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

^ 1989. 2º Campeonato de España de Mountain Bike, en El Bierzo. El Mundo de Victor Baron, December 27, 2008, accessed November 17, 2014 (Spanish).
↑ Marifa Moreno: El suicidio de una bicyclist. El País , December 3, 1991, accessed November 15, 2014 (Spanish).
↑ Santiago Segurola: La federación niega que mantuviera disputas con la deportista fallecida. El País, December 3, 1991, accessed November 16, 2014 (Spanish).
↑ XXII Copa Diputación de León - Memorial Chely Alvarez, Bembibre. (No longer available online.) Fundación Contador Team, archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; Retrieved November 16, 2014 (Spanish).

personal data
SURNAME	Álvarez, Consuelo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Álvarez García, Consuelo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 11, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fuentesnuevas
DATE OF DEATH	2nd December 1991
Place of death	Bembibre

[1] 1989. 2º Campeonato de España de Mountain Bike, en El Bierzo. El Mundo de Victor Baron, December 27, 2008, accessed November 17, 2014 (Spanish).

[2] Marifa Moreno: El suicidio de una bicyclist. El País , December 3, 1991, accessed November 15, 2014 (Spanish).

[3] Santiago Segurola: La federación niega que mantuviera disputas con la deportista fallecida. El País, December 3, 1991, accessed November 16, 2014 (Spanish).

[4] XXII Copa Diputación de León - Memorial Chely Alvarez, Bembibre. (No longer available online.) Fundación Contador Team, archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; Retrieved November 16, 2014 (Spanish).