Arles Castro
Colombian racing cyclist

Arles Castro

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Colombian racing cyclist
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17 July 1979(Urrao)
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Arles Antonio Castro Laverde (born July 17, 1979 in Urrao, Antioquia) is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos Alzate, Jairo Pérez and Juan Pablo Forero in the Men's Track Team Pursuit. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Career

2001
2nd in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali, (COL)
2003
2nd in  Colombia National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Duitama (COL)
 :Bronze medal blank.svg in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Santo Domingo (DOM)
2005
1st in Stage 2 Vuelta a El Salvador, Chalatenangno (ESA)
alongside Miguel Duarte, Jorge Contreras, Carlos Salazar, Paulo Andres Velez, Franco Marvulli, and Giuseppe Atzeni
2007
Gold medal blank.svg in Pan American Championships, Track, Points Race, Valencia (VEN)
Gold medal blank.svg in Pan American Championships, Track, Team Pursuit, Valencia (VEN)
alongside Juan Pablo Forero, Jairo Pérez, and Carlos Alzate
Silver medal blank.svg in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
alongside Juan Pablo Forero, Jairo Pérez, and Carlos Alzate
2008
3rd in UCI World Cup, Track, Individual Pursuit, Cali, (COL)
3rd in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali, (COL)
2010
2nd in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali, (COL)
2011
Gold medal blank.svg in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Guadalajara (MEX)
alongside Juan Esteban Arango, Edwin Avila and Weimar Roldan
2012
1st in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali (COL)
2013
Gold medal blank.svg in Bolivarian Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Trujillo (PER)