Jorge Luis ("Peco") González (born 20 December 1952) is a famous Puerto Rican marathon runner. He has won many races and competed in many international events, such as the Central American and Caribbean Games and the Olympic Games.
González was very famous in Puerto Rico, where people know him as Peco (after Pecos Bill, the fastest cowboy to ever live). Puerto Ricans had high hopes on him, specially at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, but he failed to win any Olympic medals.
The height of his fame was during the 1980s, when he would do national tours across Puerto Rico, to sign autographs at department stores and be featured on television commercials.
González was born in Utuado, where he still lives. There is a stadium named Peco González Stadium in Utuado.
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Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's Marathon |
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| 1946 – 1966: Half Marathon • 1970 – 2006: Marathon |
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1938: José Thompson (PAN) • 1946: Mateo Flores (GUA) • 1950: Luis Velásquez (GUA) • 1954: Mateo Flores (GUA) • 1959: Pedro Peralta (MEX) • 1962: Hernán Barreneche (COL) • 1966: Valentín Robles (MEX) • 1970: Alfredo Peñaloza (MEX) • 1974: Gilberto Serna (COL) • 1978: Radamés Vega (PUR) • 1982: Jorge González (PUR) • 1986: Jesús Amariles (COL) • 1990: Jorge González (PUR) • 1993: Benjamín Paredes (MEX) • 1998: Juan Camacho (MEX) • 2002: Procopio Franco (MEX) • 2006: Procopio Franco (MEX)
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González, Jorge |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION |
Puerto Rican marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
20 December 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH |
Bayamon, Puerto Rico |
| DATE OF DEATH |
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| PLACE OF DEATH |
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