Chilean cyclist
Cristóbal Silva|
Full name | Cristóbal Mauricio Silva Ibaceta |
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Born | (1979-10-12) 12 October 1979 (age 45) Santiago, Chile |
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Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
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Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
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Discipline | Mountain biking |
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Role | Rider |
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Rider type | Cross-country |
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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]
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]
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