Arles Castro

Arles Antonio Castro Laverde (born July 17, 1979) is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos Alzate, Jairo Pérez and Juan Pablo Forero in the Men's Track Team Pursuit. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castro and the second or maternal family name is Laverde.

Arles Castro

Castro in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Arles Antonio Castro Laverde
Born	(1979-07-17) July 17, 1979 (age 46) Urrao, Colombia
Team information
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Colombia Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team pursuit 2015 Toronto Team pursuit 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit 2003 Santo Domingo Team pursuit Pan American Championships 2007 Valencia Points race 2007 Valencia Team pursuit 2010 Aguascalientes Team pursuit 2011 Medellin Individual pursuit 2011 Medellin Team pursuit 2014 Aguascalientes Team pursuit 2015 Santiago Team pursuit Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena Team Pursuit Bolivarian Games 2013 Trujillo Team Pursuit

Career

2001

2nd in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali, (COL)

2003

2nd in  Colombia National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Duitama (COL)

 : in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Santo Domingo (DOM)

2005

1st in Stage 2 Vuelta a El Salvador, Chalatenangno (ESA)

alongside Miguel Duarte, Jorge Contreras, Carlos Salazar, Paulo Andres Velez, Franco Marvulli, and Giuseppe Atzeni

2007

in Pan American Championships, Track, Points Race, Valencia (VEN)

in Pan American Championships, Track, Team Pursuit, Valencia (VEN)

alongside Juan Pablo Forero, Jairo Pérez, and Carlos Alzate

in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)

alongside Juan Pablo Forero, Jairo Pérez, and Carlos Alzate

2008

3rd in UCI World Cup, Track, Individual Pursuit, Cali, (COL)

3rd in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali, (COL)

2010

2nd in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali, (COL)

2011

in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Guadalajara (MEX)

alongside Juan Esteban Arango, Edwin Ávila and Weimar Roldan

2012

1st in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali (COL)

2013

in Bolivarian Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Trujillo (PER)^[1]