The Most Famous
ATHLETES from Peru
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 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the 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.
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.
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.
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).
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Peruvian athletes born between 1922 and 1993. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Peruvian athletes include Francisco Boza, and Kimberly García. The most famous deceased Peruvian athletes include Edwin Vásquez. As of April 2024, 2 new Peruvian athletes have been added to Pantheon including Francisco Boza, and Kimberly García.
