Juan Curuchet

{{Short description|Argentine cyclist (born 1965)}}

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| name = Juan Curuchet

| image = Juan Curuchet.jpg

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| fullname = Juan Esteban Curuchet

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|2|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mar del Plata, Argentina

| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}{{cite web| url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/204491.shtml| title=Athlete Biography - CURUCHET Juan Esteban | publisher=Beijing Olympics official website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823023721/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/204491.shtml|archive-date=2008-08-23}}

| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}

| currentteam =

| discipline = Track

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 1989–1991

| proteam1 = Giessegi

| proyears2 = 1992

| proteam2 = Rudy Project

| proyears3 = 1992–1995

| proteam3 = Supermercados Toledo

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{{MedalCountry|{{ARG}}}}

{{MedalSport | Men's track cycling}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2008 Beijing | Madison }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2004 Melbourne | Madison }}

{{MedalSilver | 1995 Bogota | Madison }}

{{MedalSilver | 2001 Antwerp | Points Race }}

{{MedalBronze | 1992 Valencia | Points Race }}

{{MedalBronze | 1997 Perth | Madison }}

{{MedalBronze | 2000 Manchester | Madison }}

{{MedalBronze | 2001 Antwerp | Madison }}

{{MedalBronze | 2002 Ballerup | Madison }}

{{MedalBronze | 2002 Ballerup | Points Race }}

{{MedalBronze | 2003 Stuttgart | Madison }}

{{MedalBronze | 2004 Melbourne | Points Race }}

{{MedalBronze | 2006 Bordeaux | Madison }}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1999 Winnipeg | Madison}}

{{MedalGold| 2003 Santo Domingo | Madison}}

{{MedalGold| 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Madison}}

{{MedalSilver| 1983 Caracas | Points Race}}

{{MedalSilver| 2003 Santo Domingo | Team Pursuit}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2005 Mar del Plata|Points race}}

{{MedalGold|2005 Mar del Plata|Madison}}

{{MedalGold|2006 São Paulo|Madison}}

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Juan Esteban Curuchet (born 4 February 1965 in Mar del Plata) is an Argentine road bicycle racer and track cyclist.

Curuchet represented Argentina at the Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cu/juan-esteban-curuchet-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025052/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cu/juan-esteban-curuchet-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Juan Curuchete Olympic Results |access-date=1 June 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}

He won the madison at the 1999 Pan American Games with his older brother, Gabriel Ovidio Curuchet. He also won the madison at the 2003 Pan American Games and 2007 Pan American Games alongside Walter Pérez and the Cycling World Championships in 2004 (Men's Madison).

Curuchet holds an Argentine record of participating in six non-consecutive Olympic games. He retired from his Olympic career at age 43, by winning the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Walter Pérez.{{cite web| url=http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/398273-100884-0-Hist%C3%B3rico%3A-Juan-Curuchet%2C-con-43-a%C3%B1os-y-seis-Juegos%2C-se-qued%C3%B3-con-el-oro| title=Histórico: Curuchet, con 43 años y seis Juegos, se quedó con el oro en Beijing| publisher=Infobae.com| date=19 August 2008| access-date=19 August 2008| archive-date=3 January 2013| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103175211/http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/398273-100884-0-Hist%C3%B3rico:-Juan-Curuchet,-con-43-a%C3%B1os-y-seis-Juegos,-se-qued%C3%B3-con-el-oro| url-status=dead}}

In 2008, he received the gold Gold Olimpia Award as the best athlete of the year from his country with Walter Pérez. In 2000 and 2010 he won the Platinum Konex Award as the best cyclist of the last decade in Argentina.