Rubén Murillo
Rubén Murillo (2018) | |
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Full name | Rubén Dario Murillo Minota |
Nickname | Sombra |
Date of birth | January 28, 1990 |
nation | Colombia |
discipline | Train (short term) |
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Last updated: September 18, 2019 |
Rubén Dario Murillo Minota (born January 28, 1990 in Apartadó ) is a Colombian track cyclist who specializes in short-term disciplines and in particular in the team sprint discipline.
Athletic career
Rubén Murillo was very active in movement as a child, and he initially played football successfully. He was appointed to the regional selection, where he played alongside the future national player Juan Cuadrado . He initially operated cycling as a BMX race; He financed cycling from the small salary he already earned with football. After moving to Medellín to attend secondary school, he rode a cycle track for the first time . As a result he switched to track cycling. As the only dark-skinned cyclist in his country, he was nicknamed Sombra ( shadow ) by his fellow athletes .
In 2014 Murillo won three silver medals together with Fabián Puerta and Santiago Ramírez Morales at the South American Games , the Central American and Caribbean Games and the Pan American Championships. In 2016 and 2017, the three drivers became pan-American champions together in the team sprint. At the 2018 South American Games , Murillo won the team sprint with Puerta and Kevin Quintero . In 2019, Santiago Ramírez Morales, Kevin Quintero and Juan Esteban Arango finished second at the Pan American Games .
successes
- 2014
- South American Games - Team Sprint (with Fabián Puerta and Santiago Ramírez Morales )
- Pan American Championship - Team Sprint (with Fabián Puerta and Santiago Ramírez Morales )
- Central American and Caribbean Games - Team Sprint (with Fabián Puerta and Santiago Ramírez Morales )
- 2016
- Pan American Champion - Team Sprint (with Fabián Puerta and Santiago Ramírez Morales )
- 2017
- Pan American Champion - Team Sprint (with Fabián Puerta and Santiago Ramírez Morales )
- 2018
- South American Games - Team Sprint (with Fabián Puerta and Kevin Quintero )
- Pan American Championship - Team Sprint (with Fabián Puerta , Santiago Ramírez Morales and Kevin Quintero )
- Central American and Caribbean Games - Team Sprint (with Fabián Puerta , Anderson Parra and Santiago Ramírez Morales )
- 2019
- Pan American Games - Team Sprint (with Santiago Ramírez Morales , Kevin Quintero and Juan Esteban Arango )
- Colombian Champion - Team Sprint (with Santiago Ramírez Morales and Vincent Pelluard )
Web links
- Rubén Murillo in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Ruta del Escarabajo: A la sombra de Rubén Murillo. In: larutadelescarabajo.blogspot.com. July 9, 2004, accessed September 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Rubén Murillo, promesa del fútbol que en el ciclismo Triunfa. In: El Tiempo. October 23, 2016, accessed September 17, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Murillo, Rubén |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Murillo Minota, Rubén Dario (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian track cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Apartadó |