The Most Famous

ATHLETES from Peru

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This page contains a list of the greatest Peruvian Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 1 of which were born in Peru. This makes Peru the birth place of the 117th most number of Athletes behind Luxembourg, and Guernsey.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Peruvian Athletes of all time. This list of famous Peruvian Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Peruvian Athletes.

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1. Edwin Vásquez (1922 - 1993)

With an HPI of 47.20, Edwin Vásquez is the most famous Peruvian Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.

Edwin Gonzalo Vásquez Cam (28 July 1922 – 9 March 1993) was an Olympic sport shooter from Peru. He won a gold medal in the 50 m pistol event at the 1948 Summer Olympics, winning Peru's first and only Olympic gold medal to date. Vásquez also won the free pistol event at the 1951 Pan American Games, while placing third in the team pistol event.

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2. Francisco Boza (b. 1964)

With an HPI of 33.89, Francisco Boza is the 2nd most famous Peruvian Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Francisco Boza (born 19 September 1964) is a Peruvian sport shooter and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in trap shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and came fourth four years later.

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3. Kimberly García (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 24.05, Kimberly García is the 3rd most famous Peruvian Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Gabriela Kimberly García León (born 19 October 1993) is a female racewalker from Peru. She won gold medals in the 20 kilometres walk and 35 km walk at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, becoming the first ever Peruvian world medallist and the first Latin American to earn two titles at the same World Athletics Championships. García is the South American record holder for the longer event. She represented Peru in the women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She also holds three Peruvian national records (10,000 m walk, 10 km walk and 20 km walk).

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4. Mary Luz Andía (b. 2000)

With an HPI of 0.00, Mary Luz Andía is the 4th most famous Peruvian Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Mary Luz Andía Arotaipe (born 9 November 2000) is a Peruvian racewalking athlete. She qualified to represent Peru at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in women's 20 kilometres walk.

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5. Gladys Tejeda (b. 1985)

With an HPI of 0.00, Gladys Tejeda is the 5th most famous Peruvian Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Gladys Lucy Tejeda Pucuhuaranga (born 30 September 1985) is a Peruvian long-distance runner who has represented Peru in various international competitions, including the Olympics and the Pan American Games.

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6. Mariafe Artacho del Solar (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 0.00, Mariafe Artacho del Solar is the 6th most famous Peruvian Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Mariafe Artacho del Solar (born 24 October 1993) is an Australian beach volleyball player. She represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021. Artacho del Solar plays as a right-side defender. According to the Women's FIVB World Rankings, she and partner Taliqua Clancy are ranked 5th as of 21 January 2020.

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7. Stefano Peschiera (b. 1995)

With an HPI of 0.00, Stefano Peschiera is the 7th most famous Peruvian Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Stefano Peschiera (born 16 January 1995) is a Peruvian competitive sailor and Olympic medal winner. He won Peru’s 5th medal in history after 32 years of Peru not getting a medal. He has been recognized with the “Laureles Deportivos del Perú”, the country’s highest recognition to an athlete, and has been given the Peruvian Navy’s Medal of Honor and the Medal of Honor in the grade of “Knight” from the Peruvian Congress. He also won the Gold medal at the Santiago 2023 Panamerican Games. He was named College Sailor of the Year by the US Naval Academy in 2018 sailing for College of Charleston. In 2018, he was recognized by the College of Charleston with the J. Steward Walker Cup, the highest award given by the athletics department and the Charleston Athletic Fund to that years’ outstanding student-athlete (out of 500). He is a three time Central and South American Champion (2019,2021,2024) in the ILCA 7 Olympic Class, a one time US Open winner (2020), and a World Circuit Stage Winner (2020). He has qualified for 15 medal races (finals) in World Circuit Events and was ranked 3rd in the World Rankings in Jun-Aug 2021. 2013 Bolivarian Games. In 2022, he won the Peruvian Nationals in the Snipe class.

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8. Ángelo Caro (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 0.00, Ángelo Caro is the 8th most famous Peruvian Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Ángelo Caro Narváez (born 27 August 1999) is a Peruvian skateboarder. He competed in the men's street event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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9. Miguel Mena (1986 - 2021)

With an HPI of 0.00, Miguel Mena is the 9th most famous Peruvian Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Jose Miguel Mena Rodriguez (November 6, 1986 – October 31, 2021) was a Peruvian-born American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who had been competing in the United States from 2003 until his death. He won his 2,000th race in 2020. He was from a Peruvian family involved in horse racing. His father Jose is a retired jockey. Mena's first horse racing related memory was of Grozny winning the Derby Nacional. Mena won two Grade 1 races in his career, and in 2015 he swept the major three-year-old stakes races at the Fair Grounds aboard International Star. Mena was killed on October 31, 2021, when he was struck by the driver of a vehicle as a pedestrian on Interstate 64 in Louisville, Kentucky.

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10. Paloma Schmidt (b. 1987)

With an HPI of 0.00, Paloma Schmidt is the 10th most famous Peruvian Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Paloma Isabel Schmidt Gutiérrez (born 24 January 1987 in Lima) is a Peruvian sports sailor. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in 26th and 39th place respectively.

People

Pantheon has 25 people classified as Peruvian athletes born between 1922 and 2002. Of these 25, 23 (92.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Peruvian athletes include Francisco Boza, Kimberly García, and Mary Luz Andía. The most famous deceased Peruvian athletes include Edwin Vásquez, and Miguel Mena. As of April 2024, 24 new Peruvian athletes have been added to Pantheon including Francisco Boza, Kimberly García, and Mary Luz Andía.

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