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Jefferson pérez family
Jeff was born in one of Cuenca's most traditional neighborhood, El Vecino, on the 1st of July of 1974.
Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada is an Ecuadorian retired race walker.

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Jefferson Pérez

Jefferson Pérez Achievements

Gold Medal:

1988 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

1989 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

1990 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

1990 South American Race Walking Cup

1990 South American Youth Championships in Athletics

1991 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

1991 South American Race Walking Cup (U20)

1992 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

1991 South American Race Walking Cup (U20)

1992 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics

1992 South American Race Walking Cup (U20)

1993 Bolivarian Games

1993 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

1993 South American Championships in Athletics

1993 Pan American Junior Championships in Athletics

1994 South American Race Walking Cup

1995 South American Race Walking Cup

1995 Pan American Games

1996 South American Race Walking Cup

1996 Olympic Games

1996 South American Race Walking Cup

1996 World Race Walking Cup

1997 Bolivarian Games

1998 S

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Jefferson Perez – Reaching for Olympic Gold

Jefferson Perez was born in the neighborhood of El Vecino in Cuenca, Ecuador on 1 July 1974. Perez discovered his talent for race-walking during a high school physical education exam. Together with his brother, Fabian, he trained with a group of athletes under the guidance of Luis Munoz. Recognizing that Jefferson Perez had talent, Munoz entered him in a race, which he won, resulting in him being chosen to represent Ecuador as a sport ambassador in New York and London. This set him on the international road to race-walking success.

Race-walking is a long distance athletics event which, although having the same objective as a running race – that of getting from point A to point B in the shortest possible time – is quite different from running. According to the rules for race-walking, one foot must be in contact with the ground at all times, meaning that the athlete’s back toe may not leave the ground before the heel of the front foot has touched the ground. Should the athlete fail to maintain contact with the ground, it is known as

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Jefferson Pérez

Ecuadorian race walker (born 1974)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Quezada.

Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada (born 1 July 1974) is an Ecuadorian retired race walker. He specialised in the 20 km event, in which he won the first two medals his country achieved in the Olympic Games.^[1]

Early life

Pérez was born in El Vecino, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Cuenca, to Manuel Jesús Pérez and María Lucrecia Quezada. Like others in his neighborhood, his family was of limited economic means. He attended the elementary schools Eugenio Espejo and Gabriela Cevallos. Afterwards he entered the Francisco Febres Cordero high school, at the same time working to help out his family.

He graduated in Business Engineering and later obtained an MBA (Master in Business Administration) from the University of Azuay in Ecuador.

Career

Pérez entered race-walking by accident. To prepare for a walk that served as a high school physical education exam, he asked h