Diana María García

Diana Maria García

Diana Maria García at the Colombian Rail Championships 2013
To person
Full name	Diana Maria García Orrego
Date of birth	March 17, 1982
nation	Colombia
discipline	Track bike (short term) / street
Most important successes
Pan American Championships 2005 - sprint
Last updated: November 3, 2019

Diana María García Orrego (born March 17, 1982 in Barbosa ) is a Colombian cyclist .

In 2005 Diana García became the Pan-American sprint champion and took third place in the Keirin . In the following year she was third in the sprint, in the team sprint (with Sol Roa ) and in the 500 meter time trial . In 2009 she took second place at the Gran Caracol de Pista , an annual multi-day track cycling event in Medellín . In 2010 she was third in the road race at the Central America and Caribbean Games in the Puerto Rican Mayagüez . In 2011 she was third in the sprint and second in the team sprint at the Pan American Championships, together with Juliana Gaviria ; In 2012, the two drivers finished third together.

In 2012 Diana García started at the Olympic Games in London and finished tenth in the team sprint together with Juliana Gaviria. In 2015 she temporarily ended her cycling career after winning a bronze medal in the team sprint at the Pan American Games with Gaviria .

In 2018 García and Martha Bayona won gold in the team sprint and silver in the keirin at the South American Games. In 2019 she and Juliana Gaviria took third place in the team sprint at the Pan American Championships .

successes

2005

• Panamerican Champion - Sprint
• Pan American Championship - Keirin

2006

• Pan American Championship - 500-meter time trial
• Pan American Championship - Sprint, Team Sprint (with Sol Angie Roa )

2010

• Central America and Caribbean Games - Street Racing

2011

• Pan American Championship - Team Sprint (with Juliana Gaviria )
• Pan American Championship - Sprint

2012

• Pan American Championship - Team Sprint (with Juliana Gaviria )

2014

• South American Games - Team Sprint (with Juliana Gaviria )
• South American Games - Sprint, Keirin

2015

• Pan American Games - Team Sprint (with Juliana Gaviria )

2018

• South American Game Winner - Team Sprint (with Martha Bayona )
• South American Games - Keirin

2019

• Pan American Championship - Team Sprint (with Juliana Gaviria )

Web links

Commons : Diana María García  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Diana García in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Diana García in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )