Sergio Salazar

{{short description|Colombian cyclist}}

{{for|the Mexican modern pentathlete|Sergio Salazar (pentathlete)}}

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| fullname = Sergio Ignacio Salazar López

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| birth_place = Medellín, Colombia

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| currentteam = GW Shimano

| discipline = Bicycle motocross (BMX)

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Off road

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Sergio Ignacio Salazar López (born March 23, 1986, in Medellín) is a Colombian professional BMX cyclist.{{cite sports-reference|title = Sergio Salazar|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/sergio-salazar-2.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085025/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/sergio-salazar-2.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 20 October 2013}} He represented his nation Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has claimed multiple Colombian national titles to his career resume in the men's elite category.{{cite news|title=Mariana Pajón y Sergio Salazar, ganadores del nacional de BMX|trans-title=Mariana Pajón and Sergio Salazar, National BMX winners|language=Spanish|url=http://www.abcdeportes.com/ciclismo/noticias/mariana-pajon-y-sergio-salazar-ganadores-del-nacional-bmx-290|publisher=ABC Deportes|date=15 April 2013|accessdate=20 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021080023/http://www.abcdeportes.com/ciclismo/noticias/mariana-pajon-y-sergio-salazar-ganadores-del-nacional-bmx-290|archivedate=21 October 2013}}{{cite news|title=Mariana Pajón, Sergio Salazar y Andrés Jiménez ganaron en Nacional de BMX, de Barrancabermeja|trans-title=Mariana Pajón, Sergio Salazar, and Andres Jimenez won the BMX national titles in Barrancabermeja|language=Spanish|url=http://coc.org.co/node/1620|publisher=Comité Olímpico Colombiano|date=15 April 2013|accessdate=20 October 2013}} Salazar currently races and trains professionally for GW Shimano BMX Cycling Team, under his personal coach Jorge Wilson Jaramillo.{{cite news|title=Mariana Pajón wins elite category at the BMX Nationals|trans-title=Mariana Pajón ganó categoría élite del Nacional de BMX|language=Spanish|url=http://www.elespectador.com/deportes/otrosdeportes/articulo-415984-mariana-pajon-gano-categoria-elite-del-nacional-de-bmx|publisher=El Espectador|date=13 April 2013|accessdate=20 October 2013}}

Salazar qualified for the Colombian squad, along with Andrés Jiménez and Augusto Castro, in men's BMX cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the nation's three available berths from the Union Cycliste Internationale based on his top-ten performance in the BMX World Rankings.{{cite news|title=Andrés Jiménez y Sergio Salazar oficialmente inscritos para los juegos Olímpicos de Beijing|trans-title=Andrés Jiménez and Sergio Salazar officially registered for Beijing Olympics|language=Spanish|url=http://www.revistamundociclistico.com/bmx/3051-andres-jimenez-y-sergio-salazar-oficialmente-inscritos-para-los-juegos-olimpicos-de-beijing.html|publisher=Mundo Ciclistico|date=12 June 2008|accessdate=20 October 2013}}{{cite news|title=Andrés Jiménez y Sergio Salazar serán los colombianos en Bicicross|trans-title=Andrés Jiménez and Sergio Salazar will be the Colombians in BMX|language=Spanish|url=http://www.elespectador.com/articulo-andres-jimenez-y-sergio-salazar-seran-los-colombianos-bicicross|publisher=El Espectador|date=10 June 2008|accessdate=20 October 2013}} Salazar started his morning session by grabbing the sixth prelims seed in 36.145 seconds, but he could not match a more stellar ride in his quarterfinal heat with 15 positioning points and a fifth-place finish, narrowly missing out the semifinals by a two-point deficit.{{cite web|title=Men's BMX Seeding|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CBM001900/index.html|work=Beijing 2008|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=21 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819212702/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CBM001900/index.html|archivedate=19 August 2012}}{{cite web|title=Men's BMX Quarterfinals Heat 3|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CBM001300/index.html|work=Beijing 2008|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=21 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819212627/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CBM001300/index.html|archivedate=19 August 2012}}{{cite news|title=Big names advance in BMX, but not without crashes|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/Story.aspx?file=%2F2008%2F8%2F20%2Folympics%2F20080820134654|publisher=The Star (Malaysia)|date=20 August 2008|accessdate=20 October 2013}}