| José Torres Gil | |
| Nickname: | Maligno |
| Birth Name: | José Augusto Torres Gil |
| Birth Date: | 1995 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia[1] |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
José Augusto Torres Gil (born 28 March 1995) is a cyclist who competes in freestyle BMX. Born in Bolivia, he represents Argentina internationally. He won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Torres Gil won a silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.[2]
He competed at the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[3] He won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.[4]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where he came through the preliminary round to qualify for the final.[5] [6] He scored 94.82 in the first final run which was eventually enough to capture gold medal. He became the first Argentina's gold medalists in BMX freestyle.
All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.
As of August 9th, 2024
| Event | Freestyle Park | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left |  2017 Chengdu | 29th | |
| align=left | 2018 Chengdu | — | |
| align=left | 2019 Chengdu | — | |
| align=left |  2021 Montpellier | — | |
| align=left | 2022 Abu Dhabi | 5th | |
| align=left |  2023 Glasgow | 9th |
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Rank | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | MON 10 | BRU 7 | GOL — | 10 | 1090 | |||
| 2023 | DIR 4 | MON 9 | BRU 6 | BAZ 31 | 6 | 1984 | ||
| 2024 | ENO 6 | MON — | SHA | '14 | 670 |
Born in Bolivia, Torres Gil is of Argentine descent through his parents.[7] He is dual citizen of Bolivia and Argentina.[8]