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| Full name | Wilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1996 Medellín, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Medellín | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015 | Team Manzana Postobón | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016–2019 | Team Manzana Postobón[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Team Medellín–EPM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata (born 27 April 1996) is a Colombian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Team Medellín.[3] He was provisionally suspended from the sport for four years from February 2019 to February 2023. He competed as a junior at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the men's junior road race and as an under-23 rider at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in the men's under-23 road race. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in the team pursuit.[4]
In April 2019, Paredes returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition control taken in February 2019.[5] Team Manzana Postobón folded in May, due to the doping cases of Paredes and teammate Juan José Amador.[6]
- ^ "Manzana Postobon confirms 2018 squad". Cyclingnews.com. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Los 50 colombianos en la élite del ciclismo mundial en 2019" [The 50 Colombians in the elite of world cycling in 2019]. El Espectador (in Spanish). Fidel Cano Correa, Grupo Valorem S.A. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Team Medellin - EPM (CT) 2023". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Dia 1 Panamericano Elite 2016 Aguascalientes" (PDF) (in Spanish). FMC. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Manzana Postobon cut ties with Paredes after EPO positive". Cyclingnews.com. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Manzana Postobon fold with immediate effect after doping cases". Cyclingnews.com. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.