Rubén Darío Gómez

Rubén Darío Gómez was a Colombian road cyclist who was active during the 1950s and 1960s. In both 1957 and 1958 Gómez won stages of the Vuelta a Colombia before winning the overall classification of the race in 1959. He won two more stages of the race in 1960 to earn himself a place on Colombia’s Olympic team. At the 1960 Roma Games he competed in both the individual road race and the 100 kilometres team time trial, finishing 27th and 16th, respectively. Back home Gómez continued to have success, winning the 1961 edition of the Vuelta a Colombia, along with back-to-back wins at the Clásico RCN in 1961 and 1962.

In 1962 Gómez competed at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston, winning silver in the team road race, along with bronze in the individual road race. He then won two more stages of the Vuelta a Colombia in 1963 before winning both the overall classification and the mountains classification at the 1964 Vuelta a Guatemala. That same year Gómez made his second appearance at the Olympics, once again competing in the road race and the 100 kilometres team time trial. He continued to compete at the Vuelta a Colombia, winning several more stages by the end of the 1960s.