Rafael Antonio Niño

{{short description|Colombian cyclist}}

{{family name hatnote|Niño|Munévar|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Rafael Antonio Niño

| image = Monumento Rafael Niño Cucaita Boyaca.JPG

| fullname = Rafael Antonio Niño Munévar

| nickname = El Niño de Cucaita

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|12|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cucaita, Colombia

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Climbing specialist

| amateuryears1 = 1970

| amateurteam1 = Junta administradora de deportes

| amateuryears2 = 1971

| amateurteam2 = Singer

| amateuryears3 = 1972

| amateurteam3 = Postobón

| amateuryears4 = 1973

| amateurteam4 = Ferretería Reina Ltda

| amateuryears5 = 1975–1977

| amateurteam5 = Banco Cafetero

| amateuryears6 = 1978

| amateurteam6 = Benotto

| amateuryears7 = 1979

| amateurteam7 = Lotería de Boyacá

| amateuryears8 = 1980

| amateurteam8 = Droguería Yaneth

| amateuryears9 = 1981–1982

| amateurteam9 = Lotería de Boyacá

| proyears1 = 1974

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|Jollj Ceramica|1974}}

| majorwins = Vuelta a Colombia (6 times)
Clásico RCN (5 times)

}}

Rafael Antonio Niño Munévar (born 11 December 1949) is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. He won the Vuelta a Colombia in 1970. After that he became a professional cyclist from 1973 to 1974. He participated in the Giro d'Italia. After one year as a professional he returned to Colombia and set up the Banco Cafetero team of which he was the undisputed leader. With this strong team he dominated the Vuelta a Colombia and the Clásico RCN during the 1970s.{{cite book|last=Rendell|first=Matt|title=Kings of the Mountains|publisher=Aurum Press|year=2002|isbn=1-85410-837-9}} He earned the nickname El Niño de Cucaita.{{cite web|url= http://decolombia.net/ciclismo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070929210537/http://decolombia.net/ciclismo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13|url-status= usurped|archive-date= September 29, 2007|title=Vuelta a Colombia|publisher=decolombia.net|accessdate=2007-08-09}} He won a record six editions of the Vuelta a Colombia. After he retired he became a technical director of the Colombia professional cycling team, Café de Colombia, that participated in the Tour de France winning several stages during the 1980s.{{cite web|url=http://www.boyaca.gov.co/?idcategoria=1197&download=Y|title= Rafael Antonio Niño, nuevo técnico de Lotería de Boyacá|publisher=Boyaca government|accessdate=2007-08-09}}