{{Short description|Spanish cyclist (1926–2023)}} {{family name hatnote|Timoner|Obrador|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Guillermo Timoner | image = Guillermo Timoner 1966.jpg | image_size = | caption = Timoner in 1966 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|03|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = Felanitx, Spain | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|08|17|1926|03|24|df=yes}} | death_place = Madrid, Spain | height = | weight = | sport = Cycling | club = | alma_mater = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{ESP}}}} {{MedalCompetition|UCI Motor-paced World Championships}} {{MedalGold|1955 Milan|Professionals}} {{MedalSilver|1956 Copenhagen|Professionals}} {{MedalSilver|1958 Paris|Professionals}} {{MedalGold|1959 Amsterdam|Professionals}} {{MedalGold|1960 Leipzig|Professionals}} {{MedalGold|1962 Milan|Professionals}} {{MedalGold|1964 Paris|Professionals}} {{MedalGold|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.<ref name=r1/><ref name=r2/>

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&nbsp;km with an average speed of 37.4&nbsp;km/h.<ref name=r3/>

In 1998 he received the Ramon Llull Award from the government of the Balearic Islands.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dbalears.cat/mon/1998/11/07/35434/ells-son-els-premiats-amb-els-ramon-llull.html |title=Ells són els premiats amb els Ramon Llull |trans-title=These are the Winners of the Ramon Llull |first=Sebastià |last=Bennàssar |work=DBalears |language=Catalan |date=7 November 1998 |access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref>

Timoner lived in his native Felanitx, Balearic Islands, Spain.<ref name=r3/> His younger brother Antonio is also a former competitive cyclist.<ref name=r1/>

Timoner died in Felanitx on 17 August 2023, at the age of 97.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morell |first=Pere |date=17 August 2023 |title=Fallece la leyenda del ciclismo mundial Guillem Timoner, "el mallorquín volador" |url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/deportes/2023/08/17/fallece-leyenda-ciclismo-guillem-timoner-91039717.html |access-date=17 August 2023 |website=Diario de Mallorca |language=es}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=r1>{{cycling Archives|7201}}</ref> <ref name=r2>[http://www.bikecult.com/bikecultbook/sports_trackWorlds.html Track Cycling World Championships 2012 to 1893]. bikecult.com</ref> <ref name=r3>[http://www.vueltaciclistaespana.com/ViejasGlorias/timoner.htm Guillermo Timoner Obrador] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816084835/http://www.vueltaciclistaespana.com/ViejasGlorias/timoner.htm |date=16 August 2007 }}. vueltaciclistaespana.com</ref> }}

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