Alejandro Albor
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| Born | January 13, 1964 (age 61) [1] Michoacán, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-cycling: Handcycle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alejandro Albor (born January 13, 1964)[1] is an American cyclist who won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece and a silver and bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.[1][2]
Albor was born in Tzintzimeo, a town in the state of Michoacán 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 handcycles. He is married and has three children.[1][2]
