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Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada (Cuenca, Ecuador, July 1, 1974), is an Ecuadorian athlete specialized in athletic walking. After his retirement from sports, he dedicated himself to managing his companies and politics. In the municipal elections of 2019 [11] he was a candidate for Mayor of his hometown, Cuenca. Jefferson Pérez is the only Ecuadorian who has won medals at the Olympic Games. He obtained the gold medal in the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and silver in Beijing 2008. [10] He also participated in the Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992 (11th), Sydney 2000 (4th) and Athens 2004 ( 4º). [13] He was world champion of athletic walking 20 km in the years 2003, 2005 and 2007. Jefferson Pérez obtained his first medal at the age of 19, in California. [Citation needed] His first relevant achievement was the Bronze medalist at the World Junior Athletics Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 1990. Two years later, he earned his first consecration by winning the World Junior Championships in Seoul, Korea.
It obtained the first gold medal for Ecuador in the Olympic Games in the discipline of 20 kilometers march in Atlanta 1996. Later it obtained the gold medal of the 20 km march in the Pan American Games of 2003 realized in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic). He set a world record (1:17:21) in the same discipline at the 2003 World Athletics Championships, held in Paris. World Champion in Helsinki 2005 and again world champion of 20 kilometers marches in Osaka 2007. Considered in his time one of the best athletes in the world in his discipline, he shares with Robert Korzeniowski the honor of to be one of the best walkers in the history of this sport.
He was considered the best Ecuadorian athlete for several years. In 2008, the last year of his sports practice, he was awarded as the best Ecuadorian athlete. He is also rated as the best of all time thanks to his two Olympic medals, the only medals achieved by Ecuadorian athletes.
Pérez retired from professional athletics in September 2008, following the final of the World Challenge held in Murcia.
In January 2014 he continued to hold Ecuador's youth records of 5,000m and 10,000m on the track and 5km on the road.