Ernesto Contreras (cyclist)

Ernesto Contreras
Contreras in El Gráfico, 1956
Personal information
Full nameErnesto Antonio Contreras Vásquez
NicknameEl Cóndor de América
Born(1937-06-19)19 June 1937
Mendoza, Argentina
Died25 October 2020(2020-10-25) (aged 83)
Mendoza, Argentina
Team information
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider

Ernesto Antonio Contreras Vásquez (19 June 1937 – 25 October 2020) was an Argentine cyclist.[1] He competed at the 1960, 1964 and the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] He also won the Argentine National Road Race Championships in 1959, 1970 and 1971, as well as eight consecutive national pursuit championships from 1956 to 1963.

Contreras originally wanted to be a footballer, but began cycling at the age of 19 after borrowing a bicycle.[3] He died in 2020 at the age of 83, after being hospitalized for a heart attack and also testing positive for COVID-19.[4] He was 83.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Ernesto Contreras". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Ernesto Contreras Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Ernesto Contreras". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Murió Ernesto Antonio Contreras, el eterno Cóndor de América". Diario Huarpe. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. ^ "El Gobernador y otras personalidades de la política local despidieron a Ernesto "Cóndor" Contreras". losandes. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.


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