Alejandro Albor (born January 13, 1964) is an American cyclist who won a silver medal at the

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, Greece and a silver and bronze medal at the

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, China. Albor was born in Tzintzimeo, a town in the state of

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in Mexico. When he was 15 years old he and his family relocated to the United States. He lost his legs below the knee at the age of 18, when a car he was driving crashed into a moving train. Albor now owns and runs A-WON HandCycles, a business which builds

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s. He is married and has three children.

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