Curuchet suffered the theft of his Olympic medal

The Argentine cyclist Juan Curuchet, who won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, reported suffering a robbery in which money and personal items were stolen, including his medals.

According to the publication local newspaper ‘El Marplatense’the Argentine athlete with the most participation in the Olympic Games was the victim of a robbery last morning at the house he had in a rural area of ​​Batán, about 17 kilometers from the coastal town of Mar del Plata, in the province of Buenos Aires. .

“They took everything from me, the medals and the money. They left me devastated,” He said former cyclist, 58 years oldin that publication.

As the former athlete himself explained, there are many people They entered his home wearing hoods and gloves, where they “stayed for 40 minutes” while he and his partner were tied up and “locked in the bathroom.”

The incident is being investigated by prosecutor Mariano Moyano, head of the Functional Instruction Unit that specializes in qualified robberies.

Curuchet, born in Mar del Plata in 1965, is the Argentine athlete with the most participation in the Olympic Games, after competing in Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

Undoubtedly, his greatest achievement was the Olympic gold in the Madison test in Beijingwhere he participated with Walter Pérez, with whom he also won the world title four years earlier, at the 2004 Melbourne Championships.

In addition, he won silver twice and bronze in eight World Cups, and earned an Olympic diploma for his fifth place in 1984 and 1988. both in the points event, and for his seventh in Sydney at Madison.