Wilmar Paredes
Paredes in 2017.
Personal information
Full nameWilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata
Born (1996-04-27) 27 April 1996
Medellín, Colombia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam Medellín–EPM
Discipline
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
2015Team Manzana Postobón
Professional teams
2016–2019Team Manzana Postobón[1][2]
2023–Team Medellín–EPM
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's track cycling
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 AguascalientesTeam pursuit
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 GwangmyeongTeam pursuit

Wilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata (born 27 April 1996) is a Colombian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Team Medellín–EPM.[3] He was provisionally suspended from the sport for four years from February 2019 to February 2023. He competed as a junior at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the men's junior road race and as an under-23 rider at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in the men's under-23 road race. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in the team pursuit.[4]

In April 2019, Paredes returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition control taken in February 2019.[5] Team Manzana Postobón folded in May, due to the doping cases of Paredes and teammate Juan José Amador.[6]

Major results

Track

2014
2nd Team pursuit, UCI Junior World Championships
2016
1st Team pursuit, Pan American Championships

Road

2014
1st Road race, Pan American Junior Road Championships
2015
5th Road race, Pan American Under-23 Championships
2017
1st Young rider classification, Circuit de la Sarthe
1st Mountains classification, Tour des Fjords
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Colombia
2nd Klasika Primavera
2018
3rd Klasika Primavera
6th Overall Volta Internacional Cova da Beira
7th La Roue Tourangelle
10th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
1st Young rider classification
2023
2nd Overall Vuelta al Sur
8th Overall Vuelta a Formosa

References

  1. ↑ "Manzana Postobon confirms 2018 squad". Cyclingnews.com. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Los 50 colombianos en la élite del ciclismo mundial en 2019" [The 50 Colombians in the elite of world cycling in 2019]. El Espectador (in Spanish). Fidel Cano Correa, Grupo Valorem S.A. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Team Medellin - EPM (CT) 2023". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Dia 1 Panamericano Elite 2016 Aguascalientes" (PDF) (in Spanish). FMC. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Manzana Postobon cut ties with Paredes after EPO positive". Cyclingnews.com. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Manzana Postobon fold with immediate effect after doping cases". Cyclingnews.com. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.


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