Kevin Quintero

Kevin Quintero
Quintero in 2018
Personal information
Full nameKevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro
Born (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 28)
Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Cycling career
SportCycling
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Major wins
Keirin, World Championships (2023)
UCI Nations Cup
Keirin (2021, 2022, 2023)
Sprint (2021)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's track cycling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 0 2
Nations Cup 4 1 1
Nations Cup stage 3 6 0
Champions League stage 1 1 4
Pan American Games 3 2 1
Pan American Championships 8 9 6
CAC Games 1 4 4
South American Games 3 0 1
Bolivarian Games 6 0 0
Total 30 23 19
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2024 BallerupKeirin
Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place2021Keirin
Gold medal – first place2021Sprint
Gold medal – first place2022Keirin
Gold medal – first place2023Keirin
Silver medal – second place2022Team sprint
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2019–20Keirin
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaKeirin
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2023 SantiagoKeirin
Silver medal – second place2019 LimaSprint
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2023 SantiagoSprint
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 CochabambaKeirin
Gold medal – first place2019 Cochabamba1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place2021 LimaKeirin
Gold medal – first place2021 LimaSprint
Gold medal – first place2021 Lima1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place2021 LimaTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2024 CarsonTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2025 AsunciónKeirin
Silver medal – second place2018 Aguascalientes1 km time trial
Silver medal – second place2018 AguascalientesTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2022 LimaKeirin
Silver medal – second place2023 San JuanSprint
Silver medal – second place2024 CarsonKeirin
Silver medal – second place2025 AsunciónSprint
Silver medal – second place2025 AsunciónTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2026 SantiagoKeirin
Silver medal – second place2026 SantiagoTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2018 AguascalientesKeirin
Bronze medal – third place2018 AguascalientesSprint
Bronze medal – third place2019 CochabambaSprint
Bronze medal – third place2022 LimaSprint
Bronze medal – third place2022 LimaTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2023 San JuanTeam sprint
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Santo DomingoSprint
Silver medal – second place2018 Barranquilla1 km time trial
Silver medal – second place2023 San SalvadorKeirin
Silver medal – second place2023 San SalvadorTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2026 Santo DomingoTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2018 BarranquillaSprint
Bronze medal – third place2018 BarranquillaTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2023 San SalvadorSprint
Bronze medal – third place2026 Santo DomingoKeirin
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2018 CochabambaTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2026 Santa FeSprint
Gold medal – first place2026 Santa FeTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2018 CochabambaSprint
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 ValleduparKeirin
Gold medal – first place2022 ValleduparSprint
Gold medal – first place2022 ValleduparTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2025 Lima-AyacuchoKeirin
Gold medal – first place2025 Lima-AyacuchoSprint
Gold medal – first place2025 Lima-AyacuchoTeam sprint

Kevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro (born 28 October 1998) is a Colombian track cyclist, who specializes in sprinting events. He has won numerous medals in continental games and championships, as well as competed at the 2018, 2019 and 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He most notably won the Keirin at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

He represented Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

On 26 June 2024, the Colombian Olympic Committee chose Quintero and javelin thrower Flor Ruiz as the flag bearers to Paris 2024.

He competed in the keirin at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Major results

2015
2nd Kilometer, Pan American Junior Championships
2016
Pan American Junior Championships
1st Team sprint
1st Kilometer
2nd Sprint
3rd Keirin
3rd Team sprint, National Championships
2017
National Championships
2nd Team sprint
3rd Keirin
2018
South American Games
1st Team sprint
3rd Sprint
National Championships
1st Kilometer
1st Sprint
2nd Team sprint
Central American and Caribbean Games
2nd Kilometer
3rd Sprint
3rd Team sprint
Pan American Championships
2nd Kilometer
2nd Team sprint
3rd Sprint
3rd Keirin
2019
Pan American Games
1st Keirin
1st Team sprint
2nd Sprint
UCI World Cup
1st Keirin, Brisbane
2nd Keirin, Milton
Pan American Championships
1st Keirin
1st Kilometer
3rd Sprint
National Championships
1st Keirin
1st Sprint
2nd Kilometer
2nd Team sprint
2021
Pan American Championships
1st Kilometer
1st Sprint
1st Keirin
1st Team sprint
National Championships
1st Sprint
2nd Kilometer
UCI Nations Cup
1st Overall Keirin
1st Overall Sprint
1st Sprint, St. Petersburg
1st Keirin, Cali
2nd Sprint, Cali
2nd Team sprint, Cali
UCI Champions League
3rd Sprint, Panevėžys
3rd Keirin, London
2022
UCI Nations Cup
1st Overall Keirin
1st Keirin, Milton
2nd Keirin, Glasgow
2nd Team sprint, Cali
Bolivarian Games
1st Keirin
1st Sprint
1st Team sprint
National Championships
1st Sprint
2nd Keirin
3rd Team sprint
Pan American Championships
2nd Keirin
3rd Sprint
3rd Team sprint
3rd Keirin, UCI World Championships
UCI Champions League
3rd Sprint, Berlin
2023
1st Keirin, UCI World Championships
UCI Nations Cup
1st Overall Keirin
Pan American Championships
2nd Sprint
3rd Team sprint
Central American and Caribbean Games
2nd Keirin
2nd Team sprint
3rd Sprint
2026
Pan American Championships
2nd Keirin
2nd Team sprint
Central American and Caribbean Games
1st Sprint
2nd Team sprint
3rd Keirin
South American Games
1st Sprint
1st Team sprint

See also