Paredes in 2017. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Wilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Medellín, Colombia | 27 April 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Team Medellín | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amateur team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Team Manzana Postobón | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Team Manzana Postobón[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Team Medellín–EPM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata (born 27 April 1996) is a Colombian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Team Medellín.[3] He was provisionally suspended from the sport for four years from February 2019 to February 2023. He competed as a junior at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the men's junior road race and as an under-23 rider at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in the men's under-23 road race. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in the team pursuit.[4]
In April 2019, Paredes returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition control taken in February 2019.[5] Team Manzana Postobón folded in May, due to the doping cases of Paredes and teammate Juan José Amador.[6]