Jhonnatan Botero Villegas
Colombian mountain bike racer
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Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (born 27 April 1992) is a Colombian mountain bike racer.[1][2] Among his most important achievements are the team gold medal obtained at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and the fifth place in mountain biking at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3][4][5]
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| Nationality | Colombian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1992 Retiro, Antioquia, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Mountain bike racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Héctor Pérez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sports career
Beginnings
His passion for cycling started at a young age. Botero always went to school by bicycle, in the Antioquia municipality of El Retiro, the town where he was born. Also, when he entered college, he never stopped training before going to class, so he was always in contact with a bicycle.[6]
His beginnings in mountain biking are due in part to his uncle, John Jairo Botero, who, living in Italy, was passionate about this sport.
With the support of his coach, Héctor Pérez, he launched his career towards the Singapore Youth Olympic Games in 2010.[6]
Participation in competitions
Jhonnatan Botero's sports career is identified by his participation in the following national [7] and international events:
Youth Olympic Games
He was recognized for his triumph for being Colombia's second gold medalist at the Youth Olympic Games for the Colombian national team at the 2010 Singapore games.[8][9]
His participation in the first edition of the games was notable for being the second athlete with a gold medal among all the Colombian participants of the event, by obtaining victory over the Italian mountain biking team on August 17.[10]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics
Botero had a great participation in the Mountain Biking of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he took fifth place and gave Colombia its twenty-second Olympic diploma in this sporting competition.[3]
MTB Pan American Championship, Colombia
During this event, held in 2018, Botero won the gold medal in the team relay event, along with the participation of his teammates Valentina Abril and Leydy Mera.
This competition was held in the city of Pereira, Risaralda, where the second place was occupied by the Costa Rican team and the third by Mexico.[11]
MTB Pan American Championship, Puerto Rico
In 2021, Botero participated in the Pan American Mountain Biking (MTB) Championship, held in Salinas (Puerto Rico), obtaining second place, behind Mexican Gerardo Ulloa.[12]
Honors
Olympic Games
Pan American Championships
- Guatemala 2010
Gold in mixed relay- Gold in Cross-country cycling Junior
- San Miguel de Tucumán 2013
- Gold in Cross-country cycling U23
- Londrina 2014
- Gold in Cross-country cycling U23
- Pereira 2018
- Gold in mixed relay (with Laura Valentina Abril and Leidy Mera)
- Salinas 2021
Silver in Cross-country cycling
Central American and Caribbean Games
- Barranquilla/Cali 2018
Silver in Cross-country cycling
Youth Olympic Games
- Singapur 2010
Team gold in Cross-country cycling (with Jessica Legarda, Brayan Ramírez and David Oquendo)
Bolivarian Games
- Santa Marta 2017
Bronze in Cross-country cycling
Championships in Colombia
- 2014
Gold in Cross-country cycling
- 2015
- Gold in Cross-country cycling
- 2016
- Gold in Cross-country cycling
- 2018
Silver in Cross-country cycling
- 2019
- Silver in Cross-country cycling
- 2022
Bronze in Cross-country cycling
