Exequiel Ramírez

Exequiel Ramírez was Chilean road champion in 1945 and 1946. After the 1948 Olympics, he became South American champion at 50 kilometres in 1950. He then won a gold medal at the 1951 Pan American Games in the 40-lap miss-and-out race (Australian Pursuit). During this era (1946-51) he was a four-time Chilean champion in the miss-and-out (Australian) and the 50 km. In 1952 he was involved in a crash while trying to qualify for the South American Championships, sustaining multiple fractures and lacerations. He tried to return to cycling two years later but without success.