Carlos Torrent Tarres[lower-alpha 1] (born 29 August 1974) is a Spanish cyclist. He had his best achievements in track cycling, in the 4000 m team pursuit. In this discipline he won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[1][2]
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Full name | Carlos Torrent Tarres | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1974-08-29) 29 August 1974 (age 48) Sarrià de Ter, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | Costa de Almería-Paternina | |||||||||||||||||||
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In road racing, he won the Vuelta a La Rioja in 2002, as well as one stage at Portuguese Grand Prix (2000), GP International MR Cortez-Mitsubishi (2004), Vuelta a Castilla y León (2005) and Vuelta a Burgos (2006).[2]
b. Buech & Boilat created the Torrent BB-15053-A in commemoration of his 2004 Olympic Bronze medal.
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