{{Short description|Colombian cyclist (born 1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=August 2016}} {{more footnotes needed|date=August 2016}} {{third-party|date=August 2016}} }} {{family name hatnote|Castro|Laverde|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Arles Castro | image = Arles Castro (Antioquia).jpg | image_size = | caption = Castro in 2013 | fullname = Arles Antonio Castro Laverde | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|7|17}} | birth_place = Urrao, Colombia | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = Road and track | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's track cycling}} {{MedalCountry|{{COL}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2011 Guadalajara|Team pursuit}} {{MedalGold|2015 Toronto|Team pursuit}} {{MedalSilver|2007 Rio de Janeiro|Team pursuit}} {{MedalBronze|2003 Santo Domingo|Team pursuit}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}} {{MedalGold|2007 Valencia|Points race}} {{MedalGold|2007 Valencia|Team pursuit}} {{MedalGold|2010 Aguascalientes|Team pursuit}} {{MedalGold|2011 Medellin|Individual pursuit}} {{MedalGold|2011 Medellin|Team pursuit}} {{MedalGold|2014 Aguascalientes|Team pursuit}} {{MedalGold|2015 Santiago|Team pursuit}} {{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{MedalGold| 2006 Cartagena | Team Pursuit}} {{MedalCompetition|Bolivarian Games}} {{MedalGold| 2013 Trujillo | Team Pursuit}} }}
'''Arles Antonio Castro Laverde''' (born July 17, 1979) is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos Alzate, Jairo Pérez and Juan Pablo Forero in the Men's Track Team Pursuit. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
==Career== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2001 :2nd in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali, (COL) ;2003 :2nd in {{COL}} National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Duitama (COL) : :15px in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Santo Domingo (DOM) ;2005 :1st in Stage 2 Vuelta a El Salvador, Chalatenangno (ESA) ::{{small|alongside Miguel Duarte, Jorge Contreras, Carlos Salazar, Paulo Andres Velez, Franco Marvulli, and Giuseppe Atzeni}} ;2007 :15px in Pan American Championships, Track, Points Race, Valencia (VEN) :15px in Pan American Championships, Track, Team Pursuit, Valencia (VEN) ::{{small|alongside Juan Pablo Forero, Jairo Pérez, and Carlos Alzate}} :15px in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Rio de Janeiro (BRA) ::{{small|alongside Juan Pablo Forero, Jairo Pérez, and Carlos Alzate}} ;2008 :3rd in UCI World Cup, Track, Individual Pursuit, Cali, (COL) :3rd in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali, (COL) ;2010 :2nd in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali, (COL) ;2011 :15px in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Guadalajara (MEX) :: {{small|alongside Juan Esteban Arango, Edwin Ávila and Weimar Roldan}} ;2012 :1st in UCI World Cup, Track, Team Pursuit, Cali (COL) ;2013 :15px in Bolivarian Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Trujillo (PER)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colombiacyclingpro.com/four-gold-medals-for-arango-at-juegos-bolivarianos/ |title=Four gold medals for Arango at Juegos Bolivarianos |date=21 November 2013 |website=colombiacyclingpro.com |accessdate=27 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125153758/http://www.colombiacyclingpro.com/four-gold-medals-for-arango-at-juegos-bolivarianos/ |archivedate=25 November 2013 }}</ref> {{div col end}}
==References== * {{cycling archives|18507}} * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/arles-castro-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114441/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/arles-castro-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Arles Castro}} {{reflist}}
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