Luisa Guevara Leon

Luisa Guevara Leon was born and raised in Bogotá and has lived in Sogamoso, Boyacá, for five years. A former speed skater, she switched to cycling at 14 after an ankle injury and surgery. Her mother has always been her biggest supporter.

Since 2024 she has fought through an illness that changed her body, her numbers and her confidence. She kept going because her dreams were bigger than the difficult moments — "some athletes are made of talent, others of discipline."

In Belgium she was worried about her English and about living with others, but for the first time she felt she fit in somewhere, and learned that cycling can be a family. She doesn't yet know what comes next — but she raced in Europe, her biggest dream, and she is proud of herself.