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===Sports=== {{Main|Sport in Colombia}} [[File:Rio 2016. Ciclismo BMX-BMX Cycling (29016608602).jpg|thumb|[[Mariana Pajón]] is a Colombian cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist and [[UCI BMX World Championships|BMX World Champion]].]] [[Tejo (sport)|Tejo]] is Colombia's national sport and is a team sport that involves launching projectiles to hit a target.<ref name="Tejo-Colombia's national sport.">{{cite web| url=http://thecitypaperbogota.com/uncategorized/homepage-featured/tejo-most-muddy-sport/ |publisher=thecitypaperbogota.com |title=Tejo – Colombia's national sport|date=28 August 2013 |access-date=28 August 2013}}</ref> But of all sports in Colombia, [[Association football|football]] is the most popular. [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] was the champion of the [[2001 Copa América]], in which they set a new record of being undefeated, conceding no goals and winning each match. Colombia has been awarded "[[FIFA World Rankings#Best Mover of the Year|mover of the year]]" twice.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130521041140/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r&a-wr/71/25/61/152246-factsheet-topteamandthebestmoveroftheyear.pdf Top Team and the Best Mover of the Year]. FIFA</ref> Colombia is a hub for [[Inline speed skating|roller skaters]]. The national team is a perennial powerhouse at the World Roller Speed Skating Championships.<ref name="Patinaje colombiano">{{cite web |url=http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/deportes/noticias/patinaje-colombiano-ganador-mundo |title=Patinaje colombiano, el más ganador del mundo |publisher=elpais.com.co |language=es |access-date=9 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326235134/http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/deportes/noticias/patinaje-colombiano-ganador-mundo |archive-date=26 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Colombia has traditionally been very good in [[Cycle sport|cycling]] and a large number of Colombian cyclists have triumphed in major competitions of cycling.<ref name="Colombian cycling">{{cite web|url=http://www.antena2.com.co/noticias/momentos-historicos-del-ciclismo-colombiano-69593|title=Historical moments of the Colombian cycling|publisher=antena2.com.co|language=es|access-date=2 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705225607/http://www.antena2.com.co/noticias/momentos-historicos-del-ciclismo-colombiano-69593|archive-date=5 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Baseball is popular in cities like [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]] and [[Barranquilla]]. Of those cities have come good players like: [[Orlando Cabrera]], [[Édgar Rentería]], who was champion of the [[World Series]] in [[1997 World Series|1997]] and [[2010 World Series|2010]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2010/Irente0013352010.htm |title=The 2010 SF N World Series Batting Log for Edgar Renteria |publisher=Retrosheet |access-date=21 March 2011}}</ref> and others who have played in [[Major League Baseball]]. Colombia was [[Baseball World Cup|world amateur champion]] in 1947 and 1965.<ref name="béisbolglorias">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.eltiempo.com/playball/2010/03/26/recordando-a-nuestras-glorias-del-beisbol/|title=Recordando a nuestras glorias del béisbol|publisher=eltiempo.com|language=es|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-date=8 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308015531/http://blogs.eltiempo.com/playball/2010/03/26/recordando-a-nuestras-glorias-del-beisbol/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Boxing]] is one of the sports that has produced more world champions for Colombia.<ref name="History of boxing">{{cite web|url=http://boxeodecolombia.com/historia-del-boxeo-en-colombia/|title=History of boxing in Colombia|date=13 July 2011|publisher=boxeodecolombia.com|access-date=7 March 2014|language=es|archive-date=7 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307230944/http://boxeodecolombia.com/historia-del-boxeo-en-colombia/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Boxing champions">{{cite web|url=http://boxeodecolombia.com/nuestros-campeones/|title=Boxing champions|publisher=boxeodecolombia.com|access-date=7 March 2014|language=es|archive-date=7 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307230928/http://boxeodecolombia.com/nuestros-campeones/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Motorsport]]s also occupies an important place in the sporting preferences of Colombians; [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] is a race car driver known for winning 7 Formula One events. Colombia also has excelled in sports such as [[UCI BMX World Championships|BMX]], [[judo]], [[Shooting sports|shooting sport]], [[taekwondo]], [[wrestling]], [[high diving]] and [[Sport of athletics|athletics]], also has a long tradition in [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]] and [[bowling]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semana.com/deportes/articulo/colombia-vive-esplendor-deportivo-inedito-en-su-historia/399243-3|title=Colombia vive esplendor deportivo inédito en su historia| date=18 August 2014 |publisher=semana.com|language=es|access-date=14 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coc.org.co/about-us/office-premises/|title=History of the Colombian Olympic Committee.|publisher=[[Colombian Olympic Committee]]|language=es|access-date=14 June 2016|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021094018/http://www.coc.org.co/about-us/office-premises/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reporterosasociados.com.co/2016/04/el-bolo-colombiano-ratifico-su-condicion-de-potencia-continental/|title=El bolo colombiano ratificó su condición de potencia continental |publisher=reporterosasociados.com.co|language=es|access-date=14 June 2016}}</ref>
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