Kevin Quintero

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Kevin Quintero
Quintero in 2018
Personal information
Full nameKevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro
Born (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 26)
Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Major wins
Keirin, World Championships (2023)
UCI Nations Cup
Keirin (2021, 2022, 2023)
Sprint (2021)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's track cycling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 0 2
Nations Cup 4 1 1
Nations Cup stage 3 6 0
Champions League stage 1 1 3
Pan American Games 3 2 1
Pan American Championships 7 5 6
CAC Games 0 3 3
South American Games 1 0 1
Bolivarian Games 3 0 0
Total 23 18 17
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Keirin
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Keirin
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Ballerup Keirin
Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place 2021 Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2021 Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2022 Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2023 Keirin
Silver medal – second place 2022 Team sprint
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2019–20 Keirin
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Keirin
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago Sprint
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cochabamba Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cochabamba 1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima 1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lima Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Carson Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2018 Aguascalientes 1 km time trial
Silver medal – second place 2018 Aguascalientes Team Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2022 Lima Keirin
Silver medal – second place 2023 San Juan Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2024 Carson Keirin
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Aguascalientes Keirin
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Aguascalientes Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Cochabamba Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Lima Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Lima Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2023 San Juan Team sprint
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barranquilla 1 km time trial
Silver medal – second place 2023 San Salvador Keirin
Silver medal – second place 2023 San Salvador Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2023 San Salvador Sprint
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cochabamba Sprint
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar Keirin
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2022 Valledupar Team sprint

Kevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro (born 28 October 1998) is a Colombian track cyclist, who specializes in sprinting events.[1] He has won numerous medals in continental games and championships, as well as competed at the 2018, 2019 and 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[2] He most notably won the Keirin at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

He represented Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

On 26 June 2024, the Colombian Olympic Committee chose Quintero and javelin thrower Flor Ruiz as the flag bearers to Paris 2024.[4]

He will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's keirin on 11 August 2024.

Major results

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2015
2nd Kilometer, Pan American Junior Championships
2016
Pan American Junior Championships
1st Team sprint
1st Kilometer
2nd Sprint
3rd Keirin
3rd Team sprint, National Championships
2017
National Championships
2nd Team sprint
3rd Keirin
2018
South American Games
1st Team sprint
3rd Sprint
National Championships
1st Kilometer
1st Sprint
2nd Team sprint
Central American and Caribbean Games
2nd Kilometer
3rd Sprint
3rd Team sprint
Pan American Championships
2nd Kilometer
2nd Team sprint
3rd Sprint
3rd Keirin
2019
Pan American Games
1st Keirin
1st Team sprint
2nd Sprint
UCI World Cup
1st Keirin, Brisbane
2nd Keirin, Milton
Pan American Championships
1st Keirin
1st Kilometer
3rd Sprint
National Championships
1st Keirin
1st Sprint
2nd Kilometer
2nd Team sprint
2021
Pan American Championships
1st Kilometer
1st Sprint
1st Keirin
1st Team sprint
National Championships
1st Sprint
2nd Kilometer
UCI Nations Cup
1st Overall Keirin
1st Overall Sprint
1st Sprint, St. Petersburg
1st Keirin, Cali
2nd Sprint, Cali
2nd Team sprint, Cali
UCI Champions League
3rd Sprint, Panevėžys
3rd Keirin, London
2022
UCI Nations Cup
1st Overall Keirin
1st Keirin, Milton
2nd Keirin, Glasgow
2nd Team sprint, Cali
Bolivarian Games
1st Keirin
1st Sprint
1st Team sprint
National Championships
1st Sprint
2nd Keirin
3rd Team sprint
Pan American Championships
2nd Keirin
3rd Sprint
3rd Team sprint
3rd Keirin, UCI World Championships
UCI Champions League
3rd Sprint, Berlin
2023
1st Keirin, UCI World Championships
UCI Nations Cup
1st Overall Keirin
Pan American Championships
2nd Sprint
3rd Team sprint
Central American and Caribbean Games
2nd Keirin
2nd Team sprint
3rd Sprint

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kevin Quintero". CyclingArchives.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "A un mes de Tokio 2021, Colombia completa 55 clasificados" (in Spanish). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Flor Denis Ruiz y Kevin Quintero, abanderados de Colombia para París 2024" [Flor Denis Ruiz and Kevin Quintero, Colombian flag bearers for Paris 2024]. www.olimpicocol.co (in Spanish). Colombian Olympic Committee. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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