Ernesto Contreras (cyclist)
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| Full name | Ernesto Antonio Contreras Vásquez |
| Nickname | El Cóndor de América |
| Born | 19 June 1937 Mendoza, Argentina |
| Died | 25 October 2020 (aged 83) Mendoza, Argentina |
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| Role | Rider |
Ernesto Antonio Contreras Vásquez (19 June 1937 – 25 October 2020) was an Argentine cyclist.[1] He competed at the 1960, 1964 and the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] He also won the Argentine National Road Race Championships in 1959, 1970 and 1971, as well as eight consecutive national pursuit championships from 1956 to 1963.
Contreras died in 2020 at the age of 83, after being hospitalized for a heart attack and also testing positive for COVID-19.[3] He was 83.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ernesto Contreras". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Ernesto Contreras Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "Murió Ernesto Antonio Contreras, el eterno Cóndor de América". Diario Huarpe. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "El Gobernador y otras personalidades de la política local despidieron a Ernesto "Cóndor" Contreras". losandes. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
External links
[edit]- Ernesto Contreras at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Ernesto Contreras at Olympedia
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