Jhonnatan Botero Villegas

Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (born 27 April 1992) is a Colombian mountain bike racer.[1] [2] Among his most important achievements are the team gold medal obtained at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games and the fifth place in mountain biking at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. [3] [4]

Jhonnatan Botero
Personal information
NationalityColombian
Born (1992-04-27) 27 April 1992
El Retiro, Antioquia, Colombia
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryColombia
SportMountain biking
Medal record
Men's Mountain biking - Teams
Representing  Colombia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Youth Olympic Games 1 – –
Singapore 2010 Men's Mountain biking

Sports career

Jhonnatan Botero's sports career is identified by his participation in the following national [5] and international events:

Youth Olympic Games

He was recognized for his triumph for being Colombia's second gold medalist at the Youth Olympic Games for the Colombian national team at the 2010 Singapore games. [6] [7]

His participation in the first edition of the games was notable for being the second athlete with a gold medal among all the Colombian participants of the event, by obtaining victory over the Italian mountain biking team on August 17. [8]

MTB Pan American Championship, Puerto Rico

In 2021, Botero participated in the Pan American Mountain Biking (MTB) Championship, held in Salinas (Puerto Rico), obtaining second place, behind Mexican Gerardo Ulloa. [9]

Honors

2010

2018

  • Pan American Mountain Biking Championship, Pereira, Colombia
    • Gold in team Mountain Biking
  • Central American and Caribbean Games
    • Silver in Mountain Biking

2021

  • Pan American Mountain Biking Championship, Salinas, Puerto Rico
    • Silver in team Mountain Biking

See also

References
  1. "Jhonnatan Botero Villegas". MTB Cross country.com. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. "Mountain Bike - Jhonnatan Botero Villegas". TheSports.org - www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. "Jhonnatan Botero Villegas". International Olympic Committee - www.olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  4. Rodríguez, Tatiana (21 August 2016). "Jhonnatan Botero da a Colombia el último diploma olímpico". AS Colombia - www.colombia.as.com (in Spanish). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: AS Colombia S.P.A. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. "Jhonatan Botero, de El Retiro, campeón de la ll válida de la Copa Nacional de MTB". Mística Deportiva - www.misticadeportiva.com (in Spanish). La Ceja, Antioquia, Colombia: Mística Deportiva. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  6. "Colombia ganó medalla de oro en el ciclismo juvenil olímpico". Periódico El Espectador - www.elespectador.com (in Spanish). Colombia: COMUNICAN S.A. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  7. "Las medallas de hace cuatro años en Singapur". Periódico El Tiempo - www.eltiempo.com (in Spanish). Colombia: EL TIEMPO Casa Editorial. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  8. "Jonathan Botero gana prueba de ciclomontañismo en los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud". Caracol Radio - www.caracol.com.co (in Spanish). Caracol S.A.. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  9. "Jhonnatan Botero, subcampeón panamericano MTB. Castañeda, cuarto". Federación Colombiana de Ciclismo - www.federacioncolombianadeciclismo.com (in Spanish). Colombia: Federación Colombiana de Ciclismo. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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