Milton Ariel Wynants Vázquez (born March 29, 1972 in

Paysandú Paysandú () is the capital of Paysandú Department in western Uruguay. Location The city is located on the banks of the Uruguay River, which forms the Argentina–Uruguay border, border with Argentina. It lies northwest of Montevideo via Rout ...

) is a

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...

from

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, who was affiliated with the Veloz Club Sanducero. Wynants competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country (From Atlanta 1996 to Beijing 2008). He won the silver medal in the men's points race at his second Olympic appearance, in Sydney, Australia (2000), the first Olympic medal for Uruguay in 36 years and the only one since. He has collected medals at each Pan American Games between 1995 and 2007: silver at the Points Race that edition, bronze at the Points Race in 1999, gold at the Points Race and Individual Road Race in 2003, and bronze at the Points Race in 2007. Wynants competed with

Tomás Margalef Tomás Margalef (born in Paysandú 17 November 1977) is an Uruguayan cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in ...

in the 2002 Pan American Championships, winning the madison bronze medal.

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* * 1972 births Living people Cyclists at the 1995 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2003 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2007 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Uruguay Olympic silver medalists for Uruguay Uruguayan people of Belgian descent Sportspeople from Paysandú Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Uruguay Pan American Games silver medalists for Uruguay Pan American Games bronze medalists for Uruguay Uruguayan track cyclists Uruguayan male cyclists Pan American Games medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Uruguay-Olympic-medalist-stub