Evelyn García

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Evelyn García
La ciclista Evelyn García.jpg
García in 2015
Personal information
Full nameEvelyn Yesenia García Marroquín
Born (1982-12-29) December 29, 1982 (age 39)
Santa Ana, El Salvador
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider

Evelyn Yesenia García Marroquín (born December 29, 1982) is a Salvadoran cycle racer who rides for the Fenixs team. She is something of an all-rounder, having won time-trials and mountain stages in the past. She has won the Vuelta a El Salvador on two occasions, the only woman yet to do so, in 2004 and 2007. She was born in Santa Ana. García competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Summer Games, both times in the road race and the 3000 m individual pursuit.[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 26th.[2]

Career Highlights[]

2003
2nd World Track Cycling "B" Championships (Individual pursuit)
2nd World Time Trial "B" Championships
2004
1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador
1st Prologue, Stages 1, 2 & 3
2005
2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador
2006
National Road Championships
1st Road Race
1st Time Trial
1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador
2007
World Track Cycling "B" Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
National Road Championships
1st Road Race
1st Time Trial
1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador
1st Stages 3, 4, & 5
2nd
2008
1st Reyrieux
2009
National Road Championships
1st Road Race
1st Time Trial
1st Overall Vuelta a Costa Rica
1st Stages 1, 2 & 5
1st Overall Vuelta Femenina a Guatemala
1st Stages 1 & 3
2010
National Road Championships
1st Road Race
1st Time Trial
1st Overall Vuelta a Costa Rica
1st Campeonato de Copa III El Salvador
Central American Games
1st Road Race
3rd Time Trial
2nd Central American and Caribbean Games Time Trial
2011
National Road Championships
1st Road Race
1st Time Trial
Pan American Cycling Championships
2nd Road Race
7th Time Trial
2nd Pan American Games Time Trial
2012
1st Grand Prix GSB
3rd Overall Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador
2013
1st Central American Games Time Trial
4th Overall Vuelta a Costa Rica
1st Stage 1
6th Overall Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador
10th Pan American Cycling Championships Time Trial
2015
National Road Championships
1st Road Race
1st Time Trial
3rd Pan American Games Time Trial
2016
4th Pan American Cycling Championships Time Trial
2017
National Road Championships
1st Road Race
1st Time Trial

References[]

  1. ^ Sports reference: Evelyn Garcia
  2. ^ "London 2012 results".
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flag bearer for  El Salvador
Athens 2004
Succeeded by
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flag bearer for  El Salvador
London 2012
Succeeded by


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