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Some points to clarify here; 1) Jean Carlos Gamarra was not in the Peruvian National Team in between 1990-1994. In those years the Fin weight representative was Johnny Castillo. 2) If Jean Carlos travelled the world under the flag of Taekwondo, it was not under the Peruvian Flag. He was not a representative of Peru in 1990, nor in 1991, 1992, 1993 or 1994. 3) Peru did won many, gold, silver and bronze medals in interantional competitions before Jean Carlos' Bronze medal. Peru's record in Taewondo although not excellent has some highligts dating back to 1982. This inlcudes medals won in Panamerican, Southamerican and Bolivarians games and competitions, in both male and female cohorts. As for the Fin weight division, we did have bronce medals before Jean Carlos'. In fact Johnny Castillo had won a bronze medal in the Panamerican Championship in Colorado (1992). And before that Joao Tanaka had won Gold in the X Southamerican Games in 199, in the Fin weight division. 4) The all time best Taekwondo athletes in Peru include:

Cesar Landeo (9 times peruvian Champion, Light, Feather weitght division)
Luis Oshiro (9 times peruvian Champion, Welter, Light weight division)

Giancarlos Weisse (6 times feather weight)
Javier Gutierrez (4 times Welter weight)
Luis Flores (9 times Fly weight division)

Cesar Landeo and Luis Oshiro are by far the best and the most complete Taekwondo fighters of all times, recognized for their technique, versatility and fighting ability, locally and internationally. The unfortunate situation for Peru was that when those two athletes were at the peak of their performance Peru rarely competed internationally. They however did compete internatinally in friendly tournaments in which they fought the best players at the time from Mexico, Ecuador and Spain who at the time were World Champions, with great deal of success. In fact in Cuenca (Ecuador) the legacy of Cesar Landeo, defeating Jaramillo, an all the time best Taekwondo athlete from Ecuador is huge. Likewise in Mexico where he fought Maurice Von Macher. It was common to see the sports centers packed with cheering crowds when either Luis Oshiro or Cesar Landeo were fighting. These two fighter met each other twice, a win for each. These would probably the classics of Taekwondo fight ins the history of Peru. There are a number of athletes who have won medals for Peru, among them are: Luis Loli (Southamerican Champion, 1990) Andres Malatesta (Southamerican Champion, 1990, Bronze Panamerican Tournament, 1991) Javier de Martis (Silver, Southamerican Games, 1990) Alberto Peñafiel (Silver Bolivarian Games, 1991, Silver Panamerican, 1993) Yolanda Moreno (Gold, Panamerican Championship, 1988, Silver Bolivaria, 1993) Luis Flores, (Bronze, Panamerican Games, 1991, Gold Southamerican Championship, 1993) Giancarlo Weise (Silver Bolivarian Games, 1993, Quarter Final World Championship, 1993) and the list goes on. At coaching level, it is important to acknowledge the significant contribution of Raul Landeo in designing and preparing Long Term Planning for Taekwondo Training. His piece of work, which was submmited to the Peruvian Taekwondo Federation has been taken to Cuba by cuban coaches as a model for the development of Taekwondo training. I beleive he is a respected academic in the area of Exercise Science and has devoted part of his research activities to the Biomechanics of Taekwondo Kicking. He has presented two seminars in Peru on the Biomechanics of Taekwondo and Strength Training for Taekwondo athletes in 1999 and 2005. While I appreciate the personal achievements of Jean Carlo, I think it is importante to clarify some things here and to acknowledge the great Taekwondo players that Peru have had and to put things accprding to their relevance and significance. Ludo