Jefferson Pérez

Jefferson Pérez (2008)

Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada (born 1 July 1974 in Cuenca ) is a former Ecuadorian walker. He is Olympic champion and three-time world champion.

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won the 20 km walk gold medal ahead of Ilya Markov (RUS ) and Bernardo Segura ( MEX). He thus became the first and only Olympic gold medalist in the history of Ecuador. Then the celebrated national hero put the 459 km from Quito to Cuenca to walk back. At the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004, he finished fourth place respectively over 20 km. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 he was second over 20 miles and thus won the silver medal. At the 2004 Games, he took up also more than 50 miles and was twelfth.

Pérez won at the IAAF 1999 World Championships in Seville, the silver medal in the 20 km walk, behind Ilya Markov and before Daniel Garcia ( MEX). At the 2003 World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis, he won the gold medal. He repeated this success at the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005 and two years later at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.

He was also third at the World Junior Championships in 1990 and World Junior Champion in 1992, each of the 10,000 m distance. He won over 20 km of the World Cup in 1997 and 2004. During World Cup 2006 in A Coruña he took second place. He also won numerous state championship titles and competitions in and Bolivarian Pan American Games, and South and Latin American Championships.

Jefferson Pérez has a competition weight of 60 kg at a height of 1.67 m.

Given a choice for the good of Ecuadorians of the TV station Ecuavisa ( by type of TV format Our best ) finished Pérez in November 2005 to second place behind Eloy Alfaro.

In November 2009, the real story appeared childhood of the Olympic champion in book form under the title " Nardo y los zapatitos de oro " (as German titles published in November 2011: " Nardo and the golden shoes " in the publishing Amiguitos - Languages ​​for Children), written by the journalist Sandra López, which supports a portion of the revenue the Jefferson Pérez Foundation. So far, only tens of thousands of books have been sold in Ecuador.

Personal Best

  • 5,000 m Walk: 18:46,08 min, May 5, 2007 Xalapa
  • 10,000 m Walk: 39:50,73 min, July 15, 1993, Winnipeg
  • 10 km Walk: 38:24 min, June 8, 2002, Krakow
  • 20,000 m Walk: 1:20:54,9 h, July 5, 2008, Cali
  • 20 km Walking: 1:17:21 h, August 23, 2003, Paris
  • 50 km Walking: 3:53:04 h, August 27, 2004, Athens
  • 1 hours walking: - 14,510 m, May 6, 2000 Bergen

See also: Ecuadorian athletics national records

Cuenca (Ecuador) Racewalking Summer Olympic Games 1999 World Championships in Athletics 2005 World Championships in Athletics 2007 World Championships in Athletics 1995 Pan American Games 2003 Pan American Games 2007 Pan American Games 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics Unsere Besten Ecuadorian records in athletics 20 kilometres race walk Peter Frenkel Daniel Bautista Ernesto Canto Daniel Plaza Robert Korzeniowski Chen Ding Aleksandr Ivanov (racewalker)
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