Guillermo Timoner

{{Short description|Spanish cyclist (1926–2023)}}

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| birth_place = Felanitx, Spain

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| death_place = Madrid, Spain

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{{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}}

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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.{{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}}

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

Timoner died in Felanitx on 17 August 2023, at the age of 97.{{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}}