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Milton Wynants

Uruguayan cyclist

Milton Wynants

Wynants in 2013

Personal information

Full name

Milton Ariel Wynants Vázquez

Born

(1972-03-29) March 29, 1972 (age 52)
Paysandú, Uruguay

Team information

Discipline

Road and track

Role

Rider

Medal record

Representing Uruguay

Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Points race
World Championships
	2004 Melbourne	Points race
Pan American Games
	2003 Santo Domingo	Points race
	1995 Mar del Plata	Points race
	1999 Winnipeg	Points race
	2007 Rio de Janeiro	Points race
Men's road cycling
Pan American Games
	2003 Santo Domingo	Road race

Milton Ariel Wynants Vázquez (born March 29, 1972, in Paysandú) is a racing cyclist from Uruguay, who was affiliated with the Veloz Club Sanducero.

Wynants competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country (From Atlanta 1996 to Beijing 2008). He won the silver medal in the men's points race at his second Olympic appearance, in Sydney, Australia (2000), the first Olympic medal for Uruguay in 36 years and the only one since.

He has collected medals at each Pan American Games between 1995 and 2007: silver at the Points Race that edition, bronze at the Points Race in 1999, gold at the Points Race and Individual Road Race in 2003, and bronze at the Points Race in 2007.

Wynants competed with Tomás Margalef in the 2002 Pan American Championships, winning the madison bronze medal.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Una selección a todo trapo". La Cuarta (in Spanish). 2 September 2002. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ "Belem y Palencia, oro y plata en el Panamericano de Ciclismo Sub 23". La Jornada (in Spanish). Quito, Ecuador. AFP. 22 August 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ "Wynants culminó cuarto en el Panamericano". La Red 21 (in Spanish). 21 August 2002. Retrieved 12 May 2016.