Jesús Armando Amaya Contreras (born 24 August 1969) is a Colombian

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Early life

Amaya was born in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...

. He worked as a

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at the Club Popular de Golf La Florida.

Professional career

In 1991, he turned professional. In addition to his many victories on the Colombian Golf Federation circuit, including three Colombian Open titles, Amaya has won six times on the

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, finishing second on the Order of Merit in 2000–01, and fourth in 2001–02. In 2015, he won his 100th tournament. Amaya has represented Colombia on five occasions at the

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Professional wins (47)

Tour de las Américas wins (7)

''*Note: The 2000 Abierto del Litoral was shortened to 36 holes due to weather.''

Colombian Tour wins (8)

Other Colombian wins (30)

''This list is incomplete'' * 1993 Colombian Open, Campeonato Nacional de Profesionales, CC Medellín Open * 1994 Caribbean Open (Barranquilla) * 2003 Los Andes GC Open, Pereira Open * 2004 Barranquilla Open, Colombian Open, Petrolero Open, CC Cali Open, CC Guaymaral Tournament (with Gustavo Mendoza) * 2005 Serrezuela Open, Pueblo Viejo CC Open, Farallones Open, CC Medellín Open, Colombian Open, Caribbean Open (Barranquilla), GC Peñalisa Open, Carmel Club Open * 2006 CC Armenia Open, Manizales Open, Serrezuela Open, Colombian National Championship, GC Peñalisa Open * 2007 CC Cali Open * 2008 CC La Sabana Open, CC El Rancho Open, Carmel Club Open * 2010 Medellín Open * 2012 Caribbean Open

Other wins (2)

*2010 Dominican Republic Open *2015 Chiapas Golf Challenge (Mexico)

Team appearances

(representing Colombia):

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

References

External links

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Profile on the Colombian Golf Federation's official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amaya, Jesus Colombian male golfers Sportspeople from Bogotá 1969 births Living people 20th-century Colombian sportsmen