# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-antonio-nino
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:14:01.782Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-antonio-nino"
name: "Rafael Antonio Niño"
slug: "rafael-antonio-nino"
description: "Rafael Antonio Niño Munévar  was a Colombian road racing cyclist. He won the Vuelta a Colombia in 1970. After that he became a professional cyclist from 1973 to 1974. He participated in the Giro d'Italia. After one year as a professional he returned to Colombia and set up the Banco Cafetero team of which he was the undisputed leader. With this strong team he dominated the Vuelta a Colombia and the Clásico RCN during the 1970s. He earned the nickname El Niño de Cucaita. He won a record six editions of the Vuelta a Colombia."
tagline: "Colombian racing cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monumento_Rafael_Ni%C3%B1o_Cucaita_Boyaca.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1949-12-11"
deathDate: "2026-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.99
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.901352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Antonio_Ni%C3%B1o"
    title: "Rafael Antonio Niño"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "رافايل انتونيو نينو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Antonio_Ni%C3%B1o_Mun%C3%A9var"
    title: "Rafael Antonio Niño Munévar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Antonio_Ni%C3%B1o"
    title: "Rafael Antonio Niño"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Antonio_Ni%C3%B1o"
    title: "Rafael Antonio Niño"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Antonio_Ni%C3%B1o"
    title: "Rafael Antonio Niño"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Antonio_Ni%C3%B1o"
    title: "Rafael Antonio Niño"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Antonio_Ni%C3%B1o"
    title: "Rafael Antonio Niño"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q975483"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump