José Manuel Youshimatz (born 10 May 1962) is a Mexican former
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
and
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...
who represented his national country at the
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...
in Los Angeles, California. There he won the bronze medal in the men's points race behind Belgium's
Roger Ilegems and West Germany's
Uwe Messerschmidt. He competed in three consecutive
Summer Olympics
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, starting in 1984.
References
External links
databaseOlympics
1962 births
Living people
Mexican people of French descent
Mexican male cyclists
Sportspeople from Puebla (city)
Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1987 Pan American Games
Olympic cyclists for Mexico
Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games cyclists for Mexico
Pan American Games silver medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
20th-century Mexican sportsmen
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