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Ricardo Duarte is one of the pioneers of basketball players in Peru. He left Peru on the map when one player was most valuable in the Olympic Games in 1964.RicardoDuarte Mugi was born in Santa Fe de Jauja (Junin, Peru) in 1940.In addition, Ricardo played in two World Cups of FIBA (Brazil'63 & Uruguay'67), seven South American championships (Santiago'58, Cordova'59, Niteroi'61, Lima'63, Menodoza'66, Asuncion'68 and Montevideo'69) and three Pan American Games (Sao Paulo '63, Winnipeg'67, Cali'71). Under his leadership, Peru won the gold medal at the Bolivarian Games 1969 in Guayaquil (Ecuador). He also played for many years in the United States. As Bohdan Likszo (Poland) Amaury Pasos (Brazil) and Aleksader Petrov (USSR / Russia), Richard was one of the best basketball players in the 1960s. He was top scorer in World Cup Basketball in 1967 in Montevideo. This athlete married Sara de las Casas. They have three daughters: Sara, Gippy and Dew. From 1986 to 1990, Sara Mary, also known as Sammy, was a volleyball player. The daughter of Richard Duarte was elected one of the best volleyball players in 1989 FIVB World Junior Cup in Lima, Peru.
Carmela Bolívar was considered the fastest woman in South America in the 1980s. She dominated the 100m and 200m sprint at sporting events in South America. Participated in 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Peru competed at the 1984 Olympics in Barcelona (Spain). Most athletes Peru qualified for the Games in athletics, modern pentathlon, shooting, swimming and tennis.
Peru sent 12 athletes to the Summer Olympic Games in 2004. It participated in 10 sports. Athletics: Alfredo Deza and Ines Melchor. Badminton: Lorena Blanco. Rowing: Salcedo.Sailing Gustavo Augusto Nicolini. Shooting: Francisco Boza. Swimming: Juan Pablo Valdivieso and Valeria Silva. Table Tennis: Marisol Espineira. Tennis: Luis Horna. Weightlifting: Manuela Rejas. Wrestling: Sydney Guzman.
This Latin American nation has won more Olympic Medals Venezuela, Israel, Colombia and Slovenia (1896-2004).
This nation of America South has competed in Olympic Games 16 times: Berlin 1936, London 1948, Melbourne/Stockholm-1956, Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964, Mexico City 1968, Munich-1972, Montreal-1976, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens – 2004 one of Beijing-2008.
The best Olympic athletes are: Cecilia Tait Villacorta (volleyball / Olympic silver medalist, 1988), Juan Giha (shooting / Olympic silver medalist, 1992), Francisco Boza (shooting / Olympic gold medalist Silver, 1984), Edwin Vasquez Cam (shooting / Olympic gold medalist, 1948).
The most popular sports in Peru are soccer / football shooting, volleyball, athletics, tennis, basketball, wrestling, swimming.
Peru sent 13 athletes to the Summer Olympic Games 1976, held in Montreal, Canada. The Peruvian delegation had athletes competing in two areas, volleyball and athletics. Who were they? Volleyball: Mary Ostolaza, Maria Cervera, Maria del Risco, Luisa Fuentes, Silvia Quevedo, Delia Cordova, Luisa Merea, Ana Cecilia Carrillo, Irma Cordova, Teresa Nuñez ± ez, Maria Cardenas, Mercedes Gonzales.Track and field: Edith Noeding.
Unlike Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Peru did not boycott the 1980 Olympics in the Soviet Union / USSR. Cerrutti Francisco Morales (President of Peru / 1975-1980) did not support the boycott. This South American country sent 30 athletes to the Moscow Games.
Francisco "Pancho" Boza was the first Peruvian to win an Olympic medal since Edwin Vasquez Cam, Shooter in 1948. One of the greatest shooters of America South Francisco won a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California (USA). Francisco Boza was the flag bearer of the Olympic team of Peru in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
From 1960 to 2000, Peru was one of the best volleyball teams in the world. It has notable volleyball players such as Luisa Fuentes, Cecilia Tait Villacorta, Mercedes Gonzalez, Gaby Pérez del Solar Cuculiza, Paola Paz Soldan, Sonia Ayaucam.
History:
1951: Championship Sudamericano-3 instead
1955 Pan American Games-3rd place
1956: South American Championship-3rd place
1958: South American Championship-2nd place
1959 Pan American Games-3rd place
1960: World Championship-6th place
1961: South American Championship-2nd place
1962 South American Championship-2nd place, World Championships 8th place
1963 Pan American Games-4th place
1964: South American Championship-1st place
1967: World Championship-4thplace; Pan American Games-2nd place; South American Championship-1st place
1968: Olympic Games-the 4th place
1969: South American Championship-1st place
1970: World Championship 15th place
1971 Pan American Games-2nd place; Championship Sudamericano-1st place
1973 World Cup 4th place, place South American Championship-1
1974: World Championship-9th place
1975: Pan American Games-2nd place; South American Championship-1st place
1976: Olympic Games-7 instead, the Junior South American Championship-2nd place;
1977: World Cup 5th place South American Championship-1st place, Junior World Championships 10 th place
1978: World Championship-10th place
1979 Pan American Games-2nd place; South American Championship-1st place
1980: Olympic Games-6th place, South America Junior Championship 1st place
1981: South American Championship-2nd place, Junior World Championship 2nd place
1982: World Championship 2nd place, the release of cup 1st place, South American Junior Championship-1st place
1983: South American Championship-1st Place, the release Cup 1st Place, the Pan American Games-3rd place, Moscow Spartakiada-5 place
1984: Olympic Games-4th place, liberation Cup 1st Place
1985: World Cup 5th place South American Championship-1st place, World Junior Championship-8 place
1986 Goodwill Games-2nd place; Championship World-3rd place, South American Junior Championship-1st place; Samaranch Cup 1st Place, United Kingdom Cup 1st place; Cup FIVB and 2nd place Nations Cup-1st , the liberation Cup 1st Place
1987: Pan American Games-2nd place, Junior World Championships, 7th place South American Championship-1st place; NHK Cup 2nd place, liberation Cup 1st place before the World Cup-1st place
1988: Olympic Games-2nd place, South America Junior Championship-1st place, four Olympic Games 3rd place
1989: South American Championship-1st place, Junior World Championships, 4th place, Cup World-5th place
1990: World Championship-6th place, the Goodwill Games-4th place
1991: South American Championship-1st place, the Games Pan-3rd Place, World Cup-5th place, Junior World Championships, 11th place
1993: South American Championship-1st place
1994: Championship World-13th place
1995 World Cup-2nd place; South American Championship-2nd place, the Pan American Games-5 place
1996: Games Olympic-3rd place
1997: World Cup-3rd place; South American Championship-2nd place
1998: World Championship-11th place
1999: Pan American Games, the 6th place, World Cup-3rd place South American Championship-3rd place
2000: Olympic Games, 11th place
2001: South American Championship-1 place, World Junior Championship, 1st place
2002: World Championship-7th place
2003: South American Championship and 2nd place Pan American Games-7th place
2005: South American Championship-2nd place
2006: World Championship-17th Instead, American Cup-1st place
2007: South American Championship-2nd place; Pan American Games-4th place
Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writer. Alejandro is of Italian, African and Peruvian ancestry. He has published more than seventy-five research paper in English, and more than twenty in Spanish, concerning the world issues, Olympic sports, countries, and tourism. His next essay is called “The Dictator and Alicia Alonso”. He is an expert on foreign affairs. Alejandro is the first author who has published a world-book encyclopedia in Latin America.
He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), José Gamarra (former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee ,1970- 1982), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the USA), and Jimmy Carter (former President of the USA). Alejandro said: “The person who I admire the most is José Gamarra . He devoted his professional and personal life to sport. José played an important role in the promotion of Olympism in Bolivia -it is one of the Third World`s poorest countries- and Latin America. His biography is interesting”. The sportspeople he most admire is Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman. “This African-American sportswoman is my idol… “
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