ATHLETI

HISTORY
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THE BEGINNING
The history of athletics began in 1918, the year
in which the Peruvian Athletics Federation was
founded. It is said that athletic competitions
began in 1887 in the Meiggs field.
ATHLETICS IN PERU IS A POPULAR
SPORT OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IN THE
COUNTRY. THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY,
IT HAS HAD IMPORTANT
ACHIEVEMENTS AND OUTSTANDING
REPRESENTATIVES AT THE
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.
THE BEGINNING OF ATHLETICS IN PERU
DATES BACK TO PRE-HISPANIC TIMES,
WHERE VARIOUS COMPETITIONS AND
PHYSICAL TESTS WERE PRACTICED AS
PART OF RELIGIOUS AND CEREMONIAL
RITES. HOWEVER, THE ORGANIZED
PRACTICE OF MODERN ATHLETICS
BEGAN AT THE END OF THE 19TH
CENTURY, WITH THE FOUNDING OF
SPORTS CLUBS AND THE
ORGANIZATION OF COMPETITIONS IN
LIMA AND OTHER CITIES OF THE
COUNTRY.
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HALF OF THE 20TH
CENTURY,
ATHLETICS IN PE
RU HAD AN OU
TSTANDING
DEVELOPMENT, W
ITH THE CREATIO
N OF THE
PERUVIAN ATHLET
ICS FEDERATION I
N 1924 AND
THE PARTICIPATIO
N OF PERUVIAN A
THLETES IN
THE OLYMPIC GA
MES OF AMSTERD
AM IN 1928
AND LOS ANGELE
S IN 1932. IN THE
FOLLOWING
YEARS, THE PRESE
NCE OF PERUVIAN
ATHLETICS
IN INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITIONS
CONSOLIDATED, W WAS
ITH THE WINNING
OF MEDALS
IN THE PAN AMER
ICAN AND SOUTH
AMERICAN
GAMES, AND THE
CLASSIFICATION O
F ATHLETES
TO THE OLYMPIC
GAMES OF HELSIN
KI IN 1952
AND MELBOURNE
IN 1956.
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 THE BEST
EXPONENTS OF
ATHLETICS

GLADYS TEJEDA LUIS HENRY

KIMBERLY CAMPOS
Gold medalist in the
GARCÍA He won bronze in the
She won gold medals at the INÉS MELCHOR women's marathon at the LUIS OSTOS 20,000m race walk, his
World Championships in Toronto 2015 Pan American second medal at the South
South American record holder in the He has won several gold medals in
Oregon (United States) in Games and also participated international competitions, American Championships
women's half marathon who
the 20 and 35 kilometer in the London 2012 and Rio including the 2013 Trujillo Peru May 26, 2019.
participated in the London 2012 and
women's race walking de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Bolivarian Games and the 2018
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Cochabamba South American
events. Games.
Games. Games.
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