- Jorge González (athlete)
Jorge Luis ("Peco") González (born
December 20 ,1952 ) is a famous Puerto Rican marathon runner. He has won many races and competed in many international events, such as theCentral American and Caribbean Games and theOlympic 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 signautograph s at department stores and be featured ontelevision commercials.González was born in Utuado, where he still lives. There is a stadium named "Peco González Stadium" in Utuado.
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List of famous Puerto Ricans References
* [http://digilander.libero.it/atletica2/Stagionali/WRL/1983/Mar.htm 1983 Year Rankings]
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