Milton Wynants

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Wynants and the second or maternal family name is Vázquez.
Milton Wynants
Wynants in 2013
Personal information
Full nameMilton Ariel Wynants Vázquez
Born (1972-03-29) March 29, 1972 (age 52)
Paysandú, Uruguay
Team information
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing  Uruguay
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Points race
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2004 Melbourne Points race
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo Points race
Silver medal – second place 1995 Mar del Plata Points race
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Winnipeg Points race
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Points race
Men's road cycling
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo Road race

Milton Ariel Wynants Vázquez (born March 29, 1972, in Paysandú) is a racing cyclist from Uruguay, 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 in the 2002 Pan American Championships, winning the madison bronze medal.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Una selección a todo trapo". La Cuarta (in Spanish). 2 September 2002. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Belem y Palencia, oro y plata en el Panamericano de Ciclismo Sub 23". La Jornada (in Spanish). Quito, Ecuador. AFP. 22 August 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Wynants culminó cuarto en el Panamericano". La Red 21 (in Spanish). 21 August 2002. Retrieved 12 May 2016.