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Walter Pérez

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Walter Fernando Pérez (born 31 January 1975 in San Justo) is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina. Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Cycling World Championships in 2004 and Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with teammate Juan Curuchet. Walter also won two gold medals at the Pan American Games (2003 in Santo Domingo and 2007 in Rio de Janeiro). Walter carried the flag for his country at the opening ceremony of the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, México and 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Walter Pérez is the 673rd most popular cyclist (up from 1,148th in 2024), the 869th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 1,051st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Walter Pérez ranks 674 out of 1,613. Before him are Cyril Dessel, Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Christophe Moreau, Bernd Gröne, José Antonio Escuredo, Nicki Sørensen, and Jan Karlsson. After him are Jasper Stuyven, Zulfiya Zabirova, Paolo Tiralongo, Ilnur Zakarin, and Rinaldo Nocentini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Walter Pérez ranks 660. Before him are Mohamed Aly, María Vasco, Tanya Tagaq, Kai Greene, Nicki Sørensen, and Sylvie Becaert. After him are Ryan McPartlin, Big Boi, Hendrik Wüst, Karnam Malleswari, Rossana de los Ríos, and Valentin Kovalenko.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Walter Pérez ranks 869 out of 1,154. Before him are Leonardo Balerdi (1999), José Gabriel Funes (1963), Diego Latorre (1969), Agustín Calleri (1976), Darío Benedetto (1990), and Inés Gorrochategui (1973). After him are Walter Herrmann (1979), Rolando Schiavi (1973), Fernando Belluschi (1983), Sergio Parisse (1983), Federico Higuaín (1984), and Matías Kranevitter (1993).

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Among CYCLISTS In Argentina

Among cyclists born in Argentina, Walter Pérez ranks 2. Before him are Juan Antonio Flecha (1977). After him are Juan Curuchet (1965), Maximiliano Richeze (1983), Juan José Haedo (1981), Eduardo Sepúlveda (1991), and Lucas Sebastián Haedo (1983).

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