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Néstor Javier Ayala
Personal information
Full nameNéstor Javier Ayala Ayala
BornBogotá, Colombia
Sport
SportPara cycling
Disability classT2
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2016
World finals2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Regional finals2011, 2015, 2019
National finals2020
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road race T1–2
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Baie-Comeau Road race T2
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Baie-Comeau Time trial T2
Silver medal – second place 2015 Nottwil Road race T2
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Maniago Road race T2

Néstor Javier Ayala Ayala is a Colombian paracyclist, who came third in the men's road race T1–2 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He has also won medals at the 2013, 2015 and 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, and multiple medals at the Parapan American Games.

Personal life

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Ayala is from Bogotá, Colombia.[1] He studied Physical Education at the University of Santo Tomas.[1]

Career

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Ayala started cycling in 2007.[1] He competes in T2 classification events, for athletes with cerebral palsy.[1] He won gold medals at the 2011 and 2015 Parapan American Games, and a silver medal at the 2019 Parapan American Games.[1]

At the 2013 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Ayala came third in both the road race and time trial T2 events.[2] In May 2014, he won a Paralympic World Cup event in Italy.[3] At the 2015 World Championships, Ayala came second in the 28km road race.[4]

Ayala came third in the men's road race T1–2 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[5] He also came seventh in the time trial T1–2 event at the Games.[6] At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Ayala finished fourth in the time trial T2 event, a fraction of a second behind Stephen Hills, who finished third.[5] At the 2018 World Championships, Ayala finished third in the road race T2 event.[7] He competed at the 2019 World Championships, but did not win a medal.[8] That year, he also came fourth in a World Cup road race event in Italy.[9] At the 2020 Colombian National Championships, Ayala won the road race event, and finished second in the time trial.[10]

Honours

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Ayala won the Acord Bogotá-IDRD award in 2013[11] and 2014.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Néstor Javier Ayala Un Bogotano Multimedallista en Ciclismo Paralímpico" (in Spanish). DXT Capital. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Gran Balance de Colombia al cierre del Campeonato Mundial de Paracycling de Ruta". Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). 2 September 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Copa Mundo de Paracycling: Néstor Javier Ayala se colgó el oro en Italia". Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Para-cycling: First world title for Hilario Rimas, clean sweep for Germany in C1". Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Javier Ayala rozó el podio en el Campeonato Mundial de ruta paralímpico 2017" (in Spanish). Colombian Cycling Federation. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Men's Time Trial T1-2". www.rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Para-cycling Road World Championships results: Fuchs claims eighth spot in road race". In the Bunch. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Diego Dueñas y Esneider Muñoz medallistas de BRONCE en la Copa Mundo de Paracycling en Corradinia Italia". Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Dos colombianos regresan al país con bronce de la UCI Para Cycling Road World Cup". CPC (in Spanish). 14 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Bogotá ganó la ruta del Nacional de Paracycling" (in Spanish). Institute for Recreation and Sport. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Jessica Parra y Néstor Javier Ayala fueron premiados en los Acord Bogotá-IDRD 2013". Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Tres galardones para el ciclismo en la ceremonia del Deportista del Año Acord Bogotá–IDRD". Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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