Federico Moreira
Federico Antonio Moreira Wuilman (born March 8, 1961 in Salto ) is a former Uruguayan track and road cyclist .
Moreira's career, which lasted from 1975 to 2006, began when he joined the Club Piedra Alta in Salto at the age of 14 . From there he made his way to the Uruguayan capital Montevideo , where the Club Ciclista Maroñas signed him.
In 1977 he took part in the Pan American Junior Games in Mexico and won both a silver and a bronze medal. At the same competition held in Montevideo the following year, he won gold and bronze. He had another gold medal followed in 1979 in San Cristóbal , Venezuela .
After he finished seventh in the overall classification when he first participated in the Rutas de América in 1980 , he achieved his first overall victory in this tour two years later. He decided this competition in 1988 and 1997 two more times in his favor. In 1985 he added an overall victory at the Vuelta Ciclista de Chile to his track record. In addition, Moreira advanced to become the record winner at the Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay in the following years . He was able to win this stage race six times (1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2003).
At the South American Games in Argentina in 1982 , he won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 competition alongside Ricardo Rondán , Waldemar Correa and José Asconeguy . He was also on the team that represented Uruguay at the 1983 Pan American Games . He was also able to win the gold medal in the 50 km points race on the track at the Pan American Games in 1987 . Moreira also took part in the Summer Olympics in 1988 and 1992 for his home country . 1999 followed another participation in the Pan American Games in Winnipeg .
Among other things, he started his career for the cycling teams Club Ciclista Maroñas , Club Ciclista Amanecer (from 1986 to 1989 at the latest), Club Atlético Peñarol (from 1990 and again in 2002), Caloi de San Pablo (1995-1996), Club Ciclista Fénix ( 1997), Club ciclista del Sur (1998), San Antonio / Florida (2001), Club Atenas de Soriano (2003-2004) and Club Atlético Villa Teresa (from 2004).
After his active career, Moreira is now President of the Federación Ciclista del Uruguay .
Web links
- Federico Moreira (Spanish; PDF; 64 kB) on mundodeportivouruguay.com, accessed on August 16, 2012
- Federico Moreira in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Federico Moreira in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Extensive article about Federico Moreira with a detailed curriculum vitae (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overall winners list of the Rutas de América on the website of the Uruguayan Cycling Association ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moreira, Federico |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moreira Wuilman, Federico Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan road cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salto , Uruguay |