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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. Vásquez also won the free pistol event at the 1951 Pan American Games, while placing third in the team pistol event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin Vásquez is the 1,059th most popular athlete (down from 785th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Peru (up from 108th in 2019) and the most popular Peruvian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Edwin Vásquez ranks 1,059 out of 6,025. Before him are László Rajcsányi, Valeria Bufanu, Sándor Rozsnyói, Valerio Perentin, Rudolf Harbig, and Bengt Eriksson. After him are Eero Berg, Léon Moreaux, Frankie Fredericks, Henry Petersen, Gaston Aumoitte, and Guinn Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Edwin Vásquez ranks 322. Before him are Sid Caesar, Mariya Polivanova, Marin Preda, Mochtar Lubis, José Luis Panizo, and Alfred G. Knudson. After him are Eevi Huttunen, Jack Kruschen, Oscar Pettiford, Umberto Betti, Sydney Lassick, and Stoyanka Mutafova. Among people deceased in 1993, Edwin Vásquez ranks 210. Before him are Ranasinghe Premadasa, James Donald, Masaru Furukawa, Mario Cecchi Gori, Akio Kaminaga, and Viola Myers. After him are Ivan Kozlovsky, Jean Cau, Joe Kelly, Bengt Edlén, Tony Barton, and John Hersey.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Edwin Vásquez ranks 106 out of 287. Before him are Jefferson Farfán (1984), Manuel Márquez Sterling (1872), Micaela Bastidas (1744), Luis de Souza Ferreira (1908), Zenón Noriega Agüero (1900), and José Rufino Echenique (1808). After him are Orlando de la Torre (1943), Antonio Maquilón (1902), Serapio Calderón (1843), Eduardo Astengo (1909), Alberto Denegri (1906), and Alberto Vargas (1896).

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Among ATHLETES In Peru

Among athletes born in Peru, Edwin Vásquez ranks 1. After him are Francisco Boza (1964), Mariafe Artacho del Solar (1993), Sofía Mulánovich (1983), Kimberly García (1993), Gladys Tejeda (1985), Stefano Peschiera (1995), Alessandro de Souza Ferreira (1992), Juan Postigos (1989), Cristhian Pacheco (1993), Alexandra Grande (1990), and María Luisa Doig (1991).

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