Arles Castro

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Castro and the second or maternal family name is Laverde.
Arles Castro

Castro in 2013
Personal information
Full name Arles Antonio Castro Laverde
Born (1979-07-17) July 17, 1979
Urrao, Colombia
Team information
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Arles Castro
Medal record
Men's Track Cycling
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara Team Pursuit
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Pursuit
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena Team Pursuit
Bolivarian Games
2013 Trujillo Team Pursuit

Arles Antonio Castro Laverde (born July 17, 1979 in Urrao, Antioquia) is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos Alzate, Jairo Pérez and Juan Pablo Forero in the Men's Track Team Pursuit. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Career

2001
2nd in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali, (COL)
2003
2nd in  Colombia National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Duitama (COL)
 : in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Santo Domingo (DOM)
2005
1st in Stage 2 Vuelta a El Salvador, Chalatenangno (ESA)
alongside Miguel Duarte, Jorge Contreras, Carlos Salazar, Paulo Andres Velez, Franco Marvulli, and Giuseppe Atzeni
2007
in Pan American Championships, Track, Points Race, Valencia (VEN)
in Pan American Championships, Track, Team Pursuit, Valencia (VEN)
alongside Juan Pablo Forero, Jairo Pérez, and Carlos Alzate
in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
alongside Juan Pablo Forero, Jairo Pérez, and Carlos Alzate
2008
3rd in UCI World Cup, Track, Individual Pursuit, Cali, (COL)
3rd in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali, (COL)
2010
2nd in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali, (COL)
2011
in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Guadalajara (MEX)
alongside Juan Esteban Arango, Edwin Avila and Weimar Roldan
2012
1st in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali (COL)
2013
in Bolivarian Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Trujillo (PER)[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Four gold medals for Arango at Juegos Bolivarianos". colombiacyclingpro.com. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
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