Waldemar Correa
Waldemar Correa († 1990 near San Juan , Argentina) was a Uruguayan cyclist .
Life
In 1981 Correa from Minas took eighth place in the Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay . The following year he took part with the Uruguayan delegation at the South American Games in Argentina in 1982 . There he won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 kilometer competition alongside Federico Moreira , Ricardo Rondán and José Asconeguy . In 1983 he was part of the Uruguayan team at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas . In 1984 he took part in the Vuelta de Chile .
Correa, who started for Club Peñarol, died in 1990 during training near the Argentine city of San Juan , when he was preparing for the Vuelta de la Provincia San Juanina and was run over by a truck.
In Minas, a cycling event organized by the Club Ciclista Estación de Minas bears his name.
successes
- Silver medal at the 1982 South American Games
Web links
- TV documentary about Waldemar Correa, part 1 (Spanish) on www.youtube.com (video)
- TV documentary about Waldemar Correa, part 2 (Spanish) on www.youtube.com (video)
- TV documentary about Waldemar Correa, part 3 (Spanish) on www.youtube.com (video)
Individual evidence
- ↑ PRESENTACIÓN (Spanish), accessed December 25, 2013
- ↑ Waldemar Correa in the Radsportseiten.net database , accessed on December 25, 2013
- ↑ Results of the Uruguayan athletes ( Memento from May 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the COU website, accessed on December 25, 2013
- ↑ SEMBLANZA Por Oscar Bruno Cedrés “EL 'TUPA' José Cardozo, ciclista rochense de primer nivel” (Spanish) on elblogdejuanjopereyra.blogspot.de on April 17, 2014, accessed on July 22, 2016
- ↑ Juan Andrés Ramírez, del Policial de Treinta y Tres, ganó en Minas (Spanish) in La República of October 8, 2007, retrieved on December 25, 2013
- ↑ Contra la Historia de la Vuelta: Marcelo Gracés Perdió la Vida Ayer en Fatal Accidente (Spanish) at www.diariocronicas.com.uy from April 1, 2013, accessed on December 25, 2013
- ↑ Este jueves prueba de ciclismo en Minas (Spanish) at www.tenfield.com.uy of October 18, 2012, accessed on December 25, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Correa, Waldemar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1990 |
| Place of death | near San Juan , Argentina |