Marcelo Alexandre

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Marcelo Alexandre Road cycling
To person
Full name Marcelo Oscar Alexandre
Date of birth January 22, 1963
nation ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
discipline Track cycling
End of career 1993
Team (s)
1989 (from August 1)
1990–1993
1994 		Pepsi Cola-Alba Cucine-Fanini
Amore e Vita
Rudy Project
Most important successes
Pan American Cycling Championships
1980, 1981 gold - Sprint
1980, 1981 gold - time trial
Team (s) as coach
circa 1996 National rail team Argentina
Last updated: May 5, 2019

Marcelo Oscar Alexandre (born January 22, 1963 in Buenos Aires ) is a former Argentine track cyclist and cycling trainer.

Athletic career

Marcelo Alexandre comes from a cycling family, his grandfather (active from 1929 to 1936) and his father (member of the Argentine national team) were already involved in cycling. Marcelo Alexandre also started cycling at the age of 13 and was trained by his father. In 1981 he won the title of Junior World Champion in the 1000-meter time trial on the Alfred Rosch-Kampfbahn in Leipzig .

In the course of his career, Alexandre was 13 times Argentine and multiple Pan-American champions. From 1980 to 1992 he was a member of the Argentine national team. In 1987 he won the six-day race in his hometown of Buenos Aires with Eduardo Trillini and a second time in 1993 with the Australian Danny Clark . He competed twice in the Olympic Games : in 1984 he finished sixth in the sprint and seventh in the time trial in Los Angeles, and in 1988 he was 13th in the time trial.

In 1981 Alexandre was named Argentina's Sportsman of the Year with the Olimpia de Oro . In October 2014 he returned to the Leipzig cycling track and presented copies of his gold medal and championship jersey to the Leipzig Sports Museum .

Trainer

After finishing his playing career, Alexandre was coach of the Argentine national team.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Una Leyenda del ciclismo argentino, Marcelo Alexandre - DeporTV. (No longer available online.) In: deportv.gov.ar. November 21, 2014, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved March 9, 2015 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ Olimpias de oro www.cpd.com.ar. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  3. ↑ Bike Campion from Argentina returns: kisses for the cycling track. Leipziger Volkszeitung, October 15, 2014, accessed on May 5, 2019 .
  4. ^ Marcelo Alexandre - Fundación Konex. In: fundacionkonex.com.ar. Retrieved March 9, 2015 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Alexandre, Marcelo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alexandre, Marcelo Oscar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires