Marlon Pérez Arango

Marlon Pérez Arango
Arango in 2008
Personal information
Full nameMarlon Alirio Pérez Arango
Born(1976-01-10)10 January 1976
Támesis, Antioquia, Colombia
Died4 October 2024(2024-10-04) (aged 48)
El Carmen de Viboral, Colombia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
1999Empresas Públicas de Medellín
2000Aguardiente Antioqueño–Lotería de Medellín
2000RDM–Bianchi
2010–2011Template:Cycling data GWS
2013Template:Cycling data GWS
2016–2017Template:Cycling data ECS
Professional teams
2001Template:Cycling data LIN
2001–200305 Orbitel
2004–2005Colombia–Selle Italia
2006Template:Cycling data Tenax
2007Universal Caffè–Ecopetrol
2008–2009Caisse d'Epargne
2012Template:Cycling data ECZ
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Time trial
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Maracaibo Time trial
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Quito Points race

Marlon Alirio Pérez Arango (10 January 1976 – 4 October 2024) was a Colombian professional road bicycle racer. He rode for the UCI ProTour team Caisse d'Epargne. Pérez Arango was born in Támesis, Colombia.

Pérez Arango was stabbed to death on 4 October 2024 in El Carmen de Viboral, Colombia at the age of 48.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Colombia-Comcel (COD) - COL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "En una riña asesinaron al histórico ciclista antioqueño Marlon Pérez en El Carmen de Viboral". El Colombiano. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.