Hugo Muñoz Llerena (born 10 January 1973) is a retired

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

vian

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. He competed in the 1996 (Atlanta) and 2000 (Sydney) Olympic Games as a member of the Peru National Team without reaching the finals.

Career

He won the gold medal at the 1993 South American Championships. He also competed at the 1993 World Championships, the

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

and the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

without reaching the final. His personal best jump is 2.30 meters, achieved in October 1995 in

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

Achievements

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1973 births Living people Peruvian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Peru South American Games silver medalists for Peru South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1990 South American Games Competitors at the 1994 South American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Pan American Games athletes for Peru 20th-century Peruvian sportsmen Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Peru Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics {{Peru-athletics-bio-stub