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Ángel Nieto (complete name Ángel Nieto Roldán on January 25, 1947 in Zamora, Spain) was a multi-time Grand Prix motorcycle roadracing World Champion. He is considered a national hero in his Spanish homeland.

He specialized in racing small displacement bikes such as in the 50 cc, 80 cc and 125 cc classes but many fellow racers, including former world champion Barry Sheene consider him among the greatest motorcycle racers of all time.

Though he was never successful at the world level racing in the larger displacements, he won Spanish National Championships in the 50 cc, 125 cc, 250 cc, 500 cc and 750 cc classes. He retired in 1986 at the age of 39 with a total of 90 Grand Prix victories and 13 World Championships. His total of 90 Grand Prix victories is second only to the 122 by Giacomo Agostini.

Later he operated a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team with his son, Angel Nieto Jr. and Emilio Alzamora, who won the 125 cc title, as riders. Now he comentates GP races for Spanish TV. His nephew Fonsi Nieto is also a racer, in World Superbikes in 2006. There is an Angel Nieto museum in Madrid that displays some of his trophies and racing memorabilia. The FIM named him a Grand Prix “Legend” in 2000.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

External links

• A trip to the Museum Angel Nieto in Madrid (In Spanish)
• Angel Nieto documentary film