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Jefferson Pérez

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Jefferson Pérez is the 2,843rd most popular athlete (down from 2,633rd in 2024), the 76th most popular biography from Ecuador (down from 75th in 2019) and the most popular Ecuadorean Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jefferson Pérez ranks 2,843 out of 6,025. Before him are Kim Jae-bum, Yekaterina Volkova, Lucyna Langer, Alan Pascoe, Yang Hao, and Yipsi Moreno. After him are Djabir Saïd-Guerni, Willi Wülbeck, Charlotte and Laura Tremble, Kathrin Boron, Pete Desjardins, and Bob Seagren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Jefferson Pérez ranks 535. Before him are VVS Laxman, Niclas Jensen, Malena Alterio, Natacha Régnier, Sherin Khankan, and Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi. After him are Viktoria Tolstoy, Andrés Guglielminpietro, Dani García, Jun Mizuno, Pierdomenico Baccalario, and Gabriela Duarte.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Jefferson Pérez ranks 76 out of 147. Before him are Iván Kaviedes (1977), Willian Pacho (2001), Édison Méndez (1979), Moisés Caicedo (2001), Luisa González (1977), and Nicolás Lapentti (1976). After him are Christian Noboa (1985), Christian Benítez (1986), Piero Hincapié (2002), Jorge Glas (1969), Pervis Estupiñán (1998), and Diana Aguavil (1983).

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Among ATHLETES In Ecuador

Among athletes born in Ecuador, Jefferson Pérez ranks 1. After him are Álex Quiñónez (1989), Daniel Castro (null), Alexandra Escobar (1980), Brian Pintado (1995), Tamara Salazar (1997), Rosa Chacha (1982), Andrés Chocho (1983), Glenda Morejón (2000), Paola Pérez (1989), Elizabeth Bravo (1987), and Mehuli Ghosh (2000).

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