Fabio Parra

{{short description|Colombian cyclist}}

{{family name hatnote|Parra|Pinto|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Fabio Parra

| image = Fabio Parra 1989.jpg

| caption = Parra during the 1989 Vuelta a España

| full_name = Fabio Enrique Parra Pinto

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|22}}

| birth_place = Sogamoso, Colombia

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Climbing specialist

| amateuryears1 = 1979–1981

| amateurteam1 = Lotería de Boyacá A

| amateuryears2 = 1982

| amateurteam2 = Perfumería Yanneth

| amateuryears3 = 1984

| amateurteam3 = Leche La Gran Vía A

| proyears1 = 1985–1987

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|CAF|1985}}

| proyears2 = 1988–1990

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|KEL|1988}}

| proyears3 = 1991–1992

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|Amaya Seguros|1991}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Tour de France

::Young rider classification (1985)

::2 individual stages (1985, 1988)

:Vuelta a España

::2 individual stages (1988, 1991)

Stage races

:Vuelta a Colombia (1981, 1992)

:Clásico RCN (1987)

}}

Fabio Enrique Parra Pinto (born November 22, 1959, in Sogamoso, Boyacá) is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Parra was successful as an amateur in Colombia, winning the Novatos classification for new riders or riders riding their first edition of the race, and finishing 14th in the 1979 Vuelta a Colombia{{cite web |url=http://members.fortunecity.es/pedalear/Vcol/Vcol1979.htm |title=29o Vuelta a Colombia 1979 |access-date=2007-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407002045/http://members.fortunecity.es/pedalear/Vcol/Vcol1979.htm |archive-date=2008-04-07 }} and then the General classification in the 1981 Vuelta a Colombia.{{cite web|url=http://members.fortunecity.es/pedalear/Vcol/Vcol1981.htm |title=31a Vuelta a Colombia 1981 |access-date=2007-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308122023/http://members.fortunecity.es/pedalear/Vcol/Vcol1981.htm |archive-date=2012-03-08 }} He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/fabio-parra-1.html |title=Fabio Parra Olympic Results |access-date=25 May 2015 |work=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525182006/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/fabio-parra-1.html |archive-date=25 May 2015 }}

Parra turned professional for the first Colombian cycling team, Café de Colombia, in 1985. He was a professional from 1985 to 1992 and won stages in the Tour de France and Vuelta a España. His success occurred at the same time as his compatriot Luis Herrera. While Herrera won stages and the King of the Mountains competitions in the grand tours, Parra could contend for the overall classification. His greatest achievements were a third place in the 1988 Tour de France, highest placing of a South American for 25 years, until his countryman Nairo Quintana finished second in the 2013 Tour de France, and, in the following year in the Vuelta a España, finishing second to Pedro Delgado at 35 seconds.{{cite book|last=Rendell|first=Matt|title=Kings of the Mountains|publisher=Aurum Press|year=2002|isbn=1-85410-837-9}}

Fabio Parra has two younger brothers who also became professionals, Humberto Parra Pinto and Iván Parra. Humberto rode for three years for Kelme while Iván won 2 stages of the 2005 Giro d'Italia.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2005/interviews/?id=ivan_parra05|title=Victory at last, an interview with Ivan Parra|publisher=cyclingnews.com|access-date=2007-07-21}}