Cristóbal Silva

Cristóbal Mauricio Silva Ibaceta (born October 12, 1979 in Santiago) is a Chilean amateur mountain biker.[1] He has won five Chilean national championship titles in men's mountain biking, and also represented his nation Chile in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008).[2]

Cristóbal Silva
Personal information
Full nameCristóbal Mauricio Silva Ibaceta
Born (1979-10-12) 12 October 1979
Santiago, Chile
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
DisciplineMountain biking
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country

Silva spotted officially on his major international debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he scored a fortieth place in the men's cross-country race with only a single lap left to complete.[3][4][5]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Silva qualified for his second Chilean squad in the men's cross-country race by receiving an automatic berth from the Chilean Cycling Federation (Spanish: Federación Ciclista de Chile) and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), based on his best performance at the World and Pan American Championships and at the Mountain Biking World Series.[6] Silva could not upgrade again a complete cross-country distance from his ride in Athens, as he ended his course with only two laps to go and a thirty-sixth-place finish.[7][8][9]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cristóbal Silva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  2. "Cristóbal Silva gana circuito de mountainbike en los faldeos cordilleranos de La Florida" [Cristóbal Silva wins the mountain bike circuit on the mountains of La Florida] (in Spanish). La Segunda. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  3. "Cycling: Men's Cross-Country Race". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Jones, Rob (26 August 2004). "Absalon perfect as France defends gold". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  5. "Cristóbal Silva bajará el telón a la participación chilena en Atenas 2004" [Cristóbal Silva closes down the curtain for Chile in Athens 2004] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  6. "Beijing 2008: mountainbike masculino aseguró otro cupo para Chile" [Beijing 2008: A male mountain biker has secured another spot for Chile] (in Spanish). La Nación (Chile). 8 January 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  7. "Men's Cross-Country Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  8. Jones, Rob (23 August 2008). "French dominate the rest of the World". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  9. "Cristóbal Silva finalizó 36º en el mountainbike masculino" [Cristóbal Silva finished 36th in the men's mountain bike] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
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