Gabriela Díaz

Gabriela Díaz is an Argentine professional BMX racing cyclist, born on 2 January 1981 in Alta Gracia in Córdoba Province. She is described as the most decorated female BMX rider in history. At the UCI BMX World Championships she won five medals in the women's elite category, three gold, one silver and one bronze, and she holds six Pan American championship titles along with several Argentine national titles. At the Pan American Games she won gold in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, the first gold for Argentina in the women's BMX category, and bronze in 2011 in Guadalajara, where she held off her sister Mariana on the final turn. She represented Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, qualifying through her UCI BMX world ranking, and finished fifth in the final in 39.747 seconds. At the 2012 UCI BMX World Championships in Birmingham she finished sixth in her quarterfinal heat and did not advance, which ended her bid for the London Olympics.