Belem Guerrero

Belem Guerrero Méndez (born March 8, 1974 in Mexico City) is a retired Mexican road and track cyclist who represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where she won a silver medal in the Women's Points Race.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Guerrero and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.

Belem Guerrero

Personal information
Full name	Belem Guerrero Méndez
Born	(1974-04-08) 8 April 1974 Mexico City, Mexico
Team information
Discipline	Track & road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance
Professional team
1999	Acca Due O
Medal record Women's track cycling Representing  Mexico World Championships 1998 Bordeaux Points Race 1997 Perth Points Race 2001 Antwerp Points Race 2004 Melbourne Points Race Olympic Games 2004 Athens Points Race Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Points Race 1999 Winnipeg Points Race 1995 Mar del Plata Individual Pursuit Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 San Salvador Points race 2002 San Salvador 3000m Individual Pursuit 2002 San Salvador Scratch 2002 San Salvador Road race

She won the points race gold and the bronze medals in 3000m Individual Pursuit and road race during the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, but failed the doping control with Pseudoephedrine and her medals were stripped.[1][2]

Palmarès

1997

3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1998

2nd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1999

2nd Points race, Round 5, Track World Cup, Cali

2001

3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2nd Pan American Championships, Road, Medellin

2002

1st Pan American Championships, Road, Quito

1st Pan American Championships, Track, Individual pursuit, Quito

1st Pan American Championships, Track, Scratch, Quito

2nd Pan American Championships, Track, Points race, Quito

3rd Stage 4, Redlands Bicycle Classic

3rd Scratch race, Round 1, Track World Cup, Monterrey

1st Points race, Round 1, Track World Cup, Monterrey

2004

3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2nd Points race, Round 1, Track World Cup, Moscow

3rd Points race, Round 3, Track World Cup, Manchester

2nd Points race, Summer Olympics

2007

1st Pan American Championships, Track, Points race, Valencia

2nd Pan American Games, Road, Rio de Janeiro

3rd Pan American Games, Points race, Rio de Janeiro

2008

3rd Copa Federacion Venezolana de Ciclismo

3rd Pan American Championships, Road

3rd Stage 4, Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador, Lourdes

References

1. "Escandalo por dopaje de mexicanos". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1998-08-20. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
2. "Soraya, octava mexicana con problemas de dopaje". El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. NOTIMEX. 2002-08-25. Retrieved 2016-04-16.

External links

• Belem Guerrero at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)