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By: Lohena Reverón @lareveron10

Jefferson Milano
Jefferson Milano
Jefferson Milano
Jefferson Milano
and his passion for nd his passion for nd his passion for
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BMX Racing
BMX Racing

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“Today I feel the same passion as the fi rst day Today I feel the same passion as the fi rst day
for this sport, it is very beautiful. Because of all
for this sport, it is very beautiful. Because of all
those sensations that athletes experience, the
those sensations that athletes experience, the
adrenaline, the jumps, the competitions. It is
an individual sport, which deserves a lot from
oneself, it is not collective, and it’s a little risky,
but when you do things for love, you always end
but when you do things for love, you always end
up wanting more,” says the athlete.

The Venezuelan Olympic cyclist Jefferson Milano is
The Venezuelan Olympic cyclist Jefferson Milano is
already looking to the future and is preparing physically eady looking to the future and is preparing physically eady looking to the future and is preparing physically
already looking to the future and is preparing physically
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and mentally for the Bolivarian Games in Ayacucho (Peru), nd mentally for the Bolivarian Games in Ayacucho (Peru),
and mentally for the Bolivarian Games in Ayacucho (Peru),
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scheduled for November 2025, and for the Los Angeles cheduled for November 2025, and for the Los Angeles cheduled for November 2025, and for the Los Angeles
scheduled for November 2025, and for the Los Angeles
(USA) 2028 Olympic Games.USA) 2028 Olympic Games.
( (USA) 2028 Olympic Games.
Milano aspires to reach his second Olympic Games to
Milano aspires to reach his second Olympic Games to
demonstrate everything he has learned in 14 years of
demonstrate everything he has learned in 14 years of
professional career in BMX Racing and leave the name of
professional career in BMX Racing and leave the name of
Venezuela in the best position.
Venezuela in the best position.
Jefferson Jordan Milano Durán discovered BMX Racing
Jefferson Jordan Milano Durán discovered BMX Racing
when he was just a three-year-old child and from that
when he was just a three-year-old child and from that
moment on, a more important sport did not exist for
moment on, a more important sport did not exist for
him. Fortunately, he began to walk that path, which he
him. Fortunately, he began to walk that path, which he
describes as beautiful, with the help of his father, who
describes as beautiful, with the help of his father, who
bought him his fi rst bicycle and began taking him to the
bought him his fi rst bicycle and began taking him to the
tracks with his older brother.
tracks with his older brother.
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He proudly says that he has a 25-year sporting career (he e proudly says that he has a 25-year sporting career (he e proudly says that he has a 25-year sporting career (he
He proudly says that he has a 25-year sporting career (he
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is currently 29 years old) and highlights that his passion as s currently 29 years old) and highlights that his passion as
is currently 29 years old) and highlights that his passion as
a BMX Racing professional in Venezuela has taken him to
countries as far away as Switzerland or Indonesia, where
he perfected what we see today in the tracks that make
him sigh.
Jefferson is on a break due to a tear in the tibial micro
that he suffered during his participation in the Chile 2023
Pan American Games. However, he speaks optimistically
about his return.
“Getting to the Olympic Games sounds easy because
those are words that one only hears, but doing it, working
for it, achieving it, is diffi cult. You have to make many sa-
crifi ces, family, bad habits, food, parties,” he comments.
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