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Guillermo Timoner in 1966
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Born (1926-03-24)24 March 1926
Felanitx, Spain
Died 17 August 2023(2023-08-17) (aged 97)
Madrid, Spain
Sport
Sport Cycling
Medal record
Representing  Spain
UCI Motor-paced World Championships
Gold 1955 Milan Professionals
Silver 1956 Copenhagen Professionals
Silver 1958 Paris Professionals
Gold 1959 Amsterdam Professionals
Gold 1960 Leipzig Professionals
Gold 1962 Milan Professionals
Gold 1964 Paris Professionals
Gold 1965 San Sebastian Professionals

Guillermo Timoner Obrador ( 24 March 1926 – 17 August 2023) was a Spanish cyclist. With six gold and two silver medals won in the UCI Motor-paced World Championships between 1955 and 1965 he is one of the most successful motor-paced racers of all times. During his career, which spanned 52 years, he also won 29 national titles in various cycling disciplines.

Before becoming professional cyclist he worked as a carpenter. He won his first competition in 1943 and retired around 1965 to work in commerce. He reappeared as a cyclist in 1983, and in 1984 took part in the World Championships in Barcelona in the masters category. In 1995, aged 69, he won the European Championships, biking a distance of 53.4 km with an average speed of 37.4 km/h.

In 1998 he received the Ramon Llull Award from the government of the Balearic Islands.

He lived in his native Felanitx, Balearic Islands, Spain. His younger brother Antonio is also a former competitive cyclist.

Timoner died in of on 17 August 2023, aged 97.

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