Argentine cyclist
Walter Pérez Pérez in 2019
Full name Walter Fernando Pérez Born (1975-01-31 ) 31 January 1975 (age 49) San Justo , ArgentinaDiscipline Track Role Rider Rider type Endurance
Walter Fernando Pérez (born 31 January 1975 in San Justo ) is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina .
Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Cycling World Championships in 2004 and Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with teammate Juan Curuchet . Walter also won two gold medals at the Pan American Games (2003 in Santo Domingo and 2007 in Rio de Janeiro).
Walter carried the flag for his country at the opening ceremony of the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, México and 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto , Canada .
In 2008, he received the Gold Olimpia Award as the best athlete of the year from his country with Juan Curuchet ; and in 2010 they won the Platinum Konex Award as the best cyclist of the last decade in Argentina.
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1995 –96 : Italy (Silvio Martinello , Marco Villa )
1997 : Spain (Joan Llaneras , Miguel Alzamora )
1998 : Belgium (Etienne De Wilde , Matthew Gilmore )
1999 : Spain (Joan Llaneras , Isaac Gálvez )
2000 : Germany (Stefan Steinweg , Erik Weispfennig )
2001 : France (Robert Sassone , Jérôme Neuville )
2002 : France (Jérôme Neuville , Franck Perque )
2003 : Switzerland (Franco Marvulli , Bruno Risi )
2004 : Argentina (Walter Pérez , Juan Curuchet )
2005 : Great Britain (Mark Cavendish , Rob Hayles )
2006 : Spain (Isaac Gálvez , Joan Llaneras )
2007 : Switzerland (Bruno Risi , Franco Marvulli )
2008 : Great Britain (Mark Cavendish , Bradley Wiggins )
2009 : Denmark (Michael Mørkøv , Alex Rasmussen )
2010 –11 : Australia (Leigh Howard , Cameron Meyer )
2012 : Belgium (Kenny De Ketele , Gijs Van Hoecke )
2013 : France (Vivien Brisse , Morgan Kneisky )
2014 : Spain (David Muntaner , Albert Torres )
2015 : France (Bryan Coquard , Morgan Kneisky )
2016 : Great Britain (Mark Cavendish , Bradley Wiggins )
2017 : France (Morgan Kneisky , Benjamin Thomas )
2018 –19 : Germany (Roger Kluge , Theo Reinhardt )
2020 –21 : Denmark (Michael Mørkøv , Lasse Norman Hansen )
2022 : France (Donavan Grondin , Benjamin Thomas )
2023 : Netherlands (Jan-Willem van Schip , Yoeri Havik )