José Augusto Torres Gil (born 28 March 1995) is a cyclist who competes in freestyle BMX. Born in Bolivia, he represents Argentina internationally. He won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career Torres won a silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
He competed at the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. He won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where he came through the preliminary round to qualify for the final. He scored 94.82 in the first final run which was eventually enough to capture gold medal. He became the first Argentina's gold medalists in BMX freestyle.
In December 2024, he won silver at the 2024 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Abu Dhabi.
Competitive history All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.
As of August 9th, 2024
Olympic Games EventFreestyle Park 2024 Paris Gold
UCI Cycling World Championships EventFreestyle Park 2017 Chengdu 29th 2018 Chengdu — 2019 Chengdu — 2021 Montpellier — 2022 Abu Dhabi 5th 2023 Glasgow 9th 2024 Abu Dhabi2nd
UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Season 1 2 3 4 Rank Points2022MON10 BRU7 GOL— 10 10902023DIR4 MON9 BRU6 BAZ31 6 19842024ENO6 MON— SHA— 18 670
Personal life Born in Bolivia, Torres is of Argentine descent through his parents. He is a dual citizen of Bolivia and Argentina.
References
External links
Jose Torres Gil at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics