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Edwin Vásquez

1922 - 1993

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Vásquez has received more than 28,316 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Edwin Vásquez is the 756th most popular athlete (down from 717th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Peru (up from 112th in 2019) and the most popular Peruvian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Edwin Vásquez ranks 756 out of 6,025. Before him are Juan Amat, Christoph Höhne, Edith McGuire, Henri Chammartin, Joseph Alzin, and Godfrey Rampling. After him are Vyacheslav Lemeshev, Alfred Felber, Robert Liottel, Monika Zehrt, Matti Sippala, and Raimondo D'Inzeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Edwin Vásquez ranks 311. Before him are Marin Preda, Alfred G. Knudson, Božo Broketa, China Zorrilla, Hannelore Schroth, and Oscar Pettiford. After him are Kathryn Grayson, Marcel Mouloudji, Nancy Walker, Mariya Polivanova, Coleen Gray, and Roger Gautier. Among people deceased in 1993, Edwin Vásquez ranks 208. Before him are Mario Cecchi Gori, Gustav Ernesaks, Joe Kelly, Akio Kaminaga, Natália Correia, and Leslie Charteris. After him are Roman Abelevich Kachanov, Ann Todd, Edith Farkas, Axel von dem Bussche, Lester del Rey, and Tahar Djaout.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Edwin Vásquez ranks 108 out of 287. Before him are Manuel Pardo (1834), Manuel Márquez Sterling (1872), Eduardo López de Romaña (1847), José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle (1779), Eloy Campos (1942), and Alejandro Villanueva (1908). After him are Alberto Vargas (1896), Nicolás Lindley López (1908), Manuel Merino (1961), José Rufino Echenique (1808), Zenón Noriega Agüero (1900), and Ricardo Pérez Godoy (1905).

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Among ATHLETES In Peru

Among athletes born in Peru, Edwin Vásquez ranks 1. After him are Francisco Boza (1964), Kimberly García (1993), Miguel Mena (1986), Mary Luz Andía (2000), Marcos Rojas (1995), Ángelo Caro (1999), Juan Postigos (1989), María Luisa Doig (1991), Alessandro de Souza Ferreira (1992), Jordan Wedderburn (2002), and Alexandra Grande (1990).

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