Marlon Perez

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Marlon Perez Road cycling
Marlon Pérez (2008)
Marlon Pérez (2008)
To person
Full name Marlon Alirio Pérez Arango
Date of birth January 10, 1976
nation ColombiaColombia Colombia
discipline Street / Paracycling (B) - Street
Most important successes
Pan American Games
2011 gold - individual time trial
UCI Paracycling Road World Championships
2017 World Champion - road race
Last updated: April 1st, 2018

Marlon Alirio Pérez Arango (born January 10, 1976 in Támesis ) is a Colombian cyclist and pilot in Paracycling .

Athletic career

In 1994 Marlon Pérez was junior world champion in points race . At the Pan American Games in 1999 he won the gold medal in the points race and in the single pursuit .

He started his road career in 2001 with the 05 Orbitel cycling team , after winning the time trial of the Tour of Colombia in 2000 . In 2001 he again won three stages in the race through his home country, and two months later he became the Colombian time trial champion. In 2004 he moved to the Colombia-Selle Italia team . At the Tour de Langkawi , he won the first two stages at the beginning of the season.

He took part in the Olympic Games three times - in 1996 , 1996 and 1996 . In the team pursuit he finished 17th with his team in 1996 and 21st in the 2000 points race . In 2004 he took part in the single pursuit and the road race, but could not finish both competitions.

In 2012 he won two stages in the Vuelta a Costa Rica . After GW1516 was found in the A sample of his urine during two doping controls during this tour , he was temporarily suspended on May 3, 2013 by the Union Cycliste Internationale . In GW1516 is a drug that was originally developed to combat obesity, but was not approved because in clinical trials a high cancer risk showed. The World Anti-Doping Agency had expressly warned against the use of this preparation, to be regarded as gene doping , which is only available on the black market, due to the health hazard in spring 2013. A sanction for this violation is not known.

In 2017 Pérez started as a pilot for the visually impaired driver Nelson Serna at the Paracycling World Championships ; the duo became world champions.

successes

Street

1996
  • ColombiaColombia Colombian champion - individual time trial
2000
2001
  • ColombiaColombia Colombian champion - individual time trial
  • Prologue and two stages Vuelta a Colombia
2002
2004
2005
2011
2012

train

1994
1999

Paracycling

2017

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia 39 DNF - - 90
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - - -
Golden jersey Vuelta a España - - - - -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

Web links

Commons : Marlon Pérez  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cyclingnews.com of May 3, 2012: UCI provisionally suspend Marlon Pérez .
  2. ↑ dradio.de of April 7, 2013: WADA warns athletes about GW1516
personal data
SURNAME Perez, Marlon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pérez Arango, Marlon Alirio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Támesis