The history of Peruvian sport champions and fans continues...


Felipe Pomar - 1965 World surf-champion

Felipe Pomar in a more recent photo in Peru with seems to be his son
The Beach Boys with their epic song "Surfin' Safari" made everyone know that good surfing was across the world "from Hawaii to the shores of Peru"


Hector_Velarde and Felipe_Pomar-both Peruvian pioneers and world-class surf champions in mid-1960's


Peruvian surfer Pitty Block (white pants) started bringing and racing powerful racing cars to Peru in the 50's



Milagros Mujica Diez-Canseco, Carlos Dogny, Pitty Block and Nonoy Miro Quesada in celebrations. Click the photos.

Car racer and former Lima's Major "Chachi" Dibos brought go-karts ("Chachi-Karts") to Peru / Peruvian surfing pioneers in Miraflores beach, notice the large size of the surf-boards then.



Ricardo Guglielmino - bicampeón windsurf sudamericano 2011


Peruvian Miguel Tudela-World Top 2nd-place Pro Junior North Shore Surf Shop 2014 after Australian Jack Robinson


Former Miss Peru 1979 Jacqueline Brahms, daughter of former Peruvian motorcycle champion and promoter Christian Brahms


Peruvian Paloma Noceda - jet ski semi-world champion 2009-2011 Cuarto podio mundial 2015 de Paloma

World Champion 2014 - competing in Florida, U.S.A. 2015

 

- Paloma Noceda from Peru twice World Sub-Champion 2009-11

Maria Delfina Cuglievan - World ski champion 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 from Peru, competing in Colombia, in France, and Toronto Maria Alejandra de Osma (izq) con Maria Delfina Cuglievan (centro)
Maria Delfina consagrada tricampeona-Bolivariana-2013ski

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Natalia Cuglievan stunning Toronto audience

Natalia Cuglievan


Natalia Cuglievan de campeona en Odesur 2014 a oro en Pan Am Toronto, pasar el cursor sobre la foto


Natalia Cuglievan - Gold-ski-Pan Am-Toronto 2015


Maria Delfina Cuglievan - another gold for Peru in many other scenarios, not in Toronto, and
these sisters are the first Latin Americans to conquer these type of competitions world over.
Delfina Cuglievan, she was not lucky at Toronto, but won every international contest before.
Click this photo to see an spectacular slanted curve by Delfina


Alexandra Grande - PanAm 2015 gold medal 61 kg - roll cursor over picture


AlessandraVindrola-panamericanos-2015-medalla de bronce, poner el cursor sobre la foto


Tupac Amaru, Sta Rosa de Lima, San Martin, Chabuca Granda, Bolognesi, Micaela Abastidas, Miguel Grau, Alfonso Ugarte, Ricardo Palma, José Olaya, etc. - Sky-diving


Delfina Cuglievan..., el poder y habilidad en las aguas

 
Cristóbal De Col from Grupo Firbas on Vimeo.     Peruvian Shredfest - For more amazing video clips, click here



Gabriel Villaran and Sofia Mulanovich (2004-world champion) both Peruvian world-class surfers
Sofia Mulanovich first Latin American Surfing World Champion- 2004-7


Gerardo Huidobro - Peruvian swimming champion 2011 - fan Debora Barbosa


Peruvian swimming team 2013, championed in Chile, South America



Sailing Peru - Matias Jochamowitz-worldchamp (sailing) and De Trazegnies (flagged)  campeón del mundo en sunfish


Alexander Zimmerman - ganó el Campeonato Mundial 2012 de Sunfish realizado en St. Petersburgo, Florida, Estados Unidos.



Peruvian Alberto Rossel - 2013 AMB World Champion, for second year in a row


Linda Lecca AMB World champion 2014-15


Peruvians fans celebrating


    Beautiful Lima's shore view Click these buttons to enjoy more.

Otto the skateboarding bulldog breaks the world record in Lima, Peru Domingo trains an alpaca to surf in Peru
   


Peruvian volleyball star


Peruvian Peter Lopez - Taekwondo World Champion 2010 - Canada / Peruvian Jiulisa Diez Canseco Panamerican Sub-Champion
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Valentina Shevchenko, the Russian that fell in love with Peru, has nationalized Peruvian, and has won 9 Muay Thai world titles in addition to 4 others including kick boxing
 Peru is N°1 in martial arts both individually and as a team too in Latin America See her in this other page.  

 

 

  This motocross scenario is almost identical to Manchay in Lima
More motocross at Cajamarca north of Peru and Sicuani in the south

Ecuatorian born with Peruvian heart Jetro Salazar, Latin American Motocross Champion 2012-2013



Jóvenes campeonas mundiales de ajedréz, Mitzi Caballero categoria escolar 2015 (medalla de plata) y Daysi Cori Campeona Continental 2015 y ex-mundial juvenil (oro)
Paolo Mautino South American long-jump queen 2015



GLADYS TEJEDA - Marathon gold medal Toronto 2015, finished way ahead of USA and Brazil
ALGO QUE RESALTAR, SU GRAN HUMILDAD ANTERIOR A SER CAMPEONA PANAMERICANA 2015

 

Inés Melchor - SE CORONO TRIPLE CAMPEONA EN QUITO 2013-2014-2015
Hay que resaltar que esta 2015 fue la edición número 55 de la ‘Quito-Últimas Noticias’, que tuvo lugar en la pista atlética del estadio Olímpico Atahualpa y que contó con la participación de  18,000 atletas de Kenia, México, Perú y Ecuador, en diferentes categorías.

 



Francisco Boza - Pan Am gold medal Toronto 2015, after 3 years of not competing, has added more medals to his sports participation at 50 years old


Next Pan Am games 2019 will be held in Lima, Peru with several new games added. Click the picture to read more.
(this will probably be the last Pan Am games before the End of Times)


 Hover cursor over map, and click picture of Akio Tamashiro - World karate championship 2004 silver medal
En los Juegos Bolivarianos de Ambato, en el 2001, consigue la medalla de oro en kata equipo.


Ica Hotel, Peru
 

                       
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Playas al norte del Perú - must see northern Peruvian beaches & Peruvian cumbia "Eres muy bonita pero"

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Felipe Pomar – World Champion Tsunami Rider                            Source: World Champions of Surfing

Felipe Pomar set the bar early for Latin American surfers by winning the 1965 World Championships in his mother land of Lima, Peru. His unorthodox yet gutsy approach to surfing the tricky peaks at Punta Rocas earned him the win over some of the world’s greatest wave riders. Mike Doyle, Fred Hemmings, Mickey Munoz, Paul Strauch, Midget Farrelly, and Nat Young were among his conquests en route to the historic win.

Some speculation swirled that Pomar may have received preferential hometown treatment from the judges and that his performance wasn’t worthy of the win. Describing the final, Midget Farrelly reportedly stated, “Felipe did a better job at riding the way the judges wanted.” But the general consensus agreed that Pomar’s local knowledge and his calculating approach enabled him to make sense of the shifting peaks and consequently make the most of the waves he rode. At the final horn, it was Felipe Pomar, fresh from 18 months of training in Hawaii, who became Latin America’s first surfing world champion

Born in 1943, Felipe Pomar possessed all indications of future success: good looks, natural charisma, and wealth. But not until the age of 14 did he find his true calling. He took up surfing and progressed quickly. Five years later, he won the Peru International. He would win this event again in 1965 and 1966. Described as a quiet, well-mannered aristocrat; Pomar’s disarming presence on land was a stark contrast to his aggressive, competitive disposition in the water. Turning his attention to Hawaii, Pomar proved his big wave chops as a four time finalist of the Duke Kahanamoku Invitational. He also earned second place at the Smirnoff Pro in 1970.

While he is forever etched into surfing history for his world championship win, it was Pomar’s unique experience on October 2, 1974 that expanded his notoriety beyond competitive surfing. Felipe Pomar is widely credited as being one of the few surfers ever to ride a tsunami. This bizarre event occurred while surfing with his longtime friend, Pitti Block, on a small island off the coast of Peru. After an earthquake rocked the area, Pomar and Pitti were sucked out to sea and subsequently caught two large swells, successfully riding them toward shore.

A decade later, Pomar embarked on a mission to re-write surfing history. His claim was that the ancient Peruvians (not the Hawaiians) were actually the first to regularly ride waves for fun using reed fishing craft and may have introduced the activity to Hawaii. While no definitive archaeological proof has been produced, Pomar’s crusade can be added to his many notable achievements.
 

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Los Pakines del Perú tocando el tema "Capullito de Alhelí"