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Alonso VALDEZ PRADO

Alonso VALDEZ PRADO, Peruvian Jumping athlete.
Name Alonso VALDEZ PRADO
FEI ID 10074625
Gender Male
Date of Birth 23/01/1978
Competing for Peru - PER
Registration Jumping 2024
Last update 04/04/2023
FEI Database


Jumping 70x70
General Interest
Nicknames Alon (ipd.gob.pe, 02 May 2018)
Most influential person in career His father. (Athlete, 09 Aug 2016)
Hero / Idol Dutch rider Jeroen Dubbeldam. (Athlete, 09 Aug 2016)
Sporting philosophy / motto "You can set all the goals you want, but you have to work day by day and work as a group. You must improve every day." (Team Peru, 25 Sep 2015)
Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (gob.pe, 17 Feb 2022)
Other information STABLES He owns La Quadra Stables, which has facilities in Lima, Peru, and Wellington, FL, United States of America. (Instagram team profile, 03 Apr 2023; El Peruano, 08 May 2018) OTHER ROLES He was appointed an ambassador for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (peru.com, 29 Sep 2017)
Milestones He was the first rider representing Peru to compete at the world championships, placing 97th in the individual competition at the 2014 World Equestrian Games [WEG] in Normandy, France. He was also the first rider to represent Peru in equestrian jumping at the Olympic Games, ranking 56th in the individual competition at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 15 Aug 2019; El Peruano, 08 May 2018; fpdecuestres.com, 07 Apr 2014)
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? He took up the sport at age 13 in Lima, Peru.
Why this sport? "I have loved horses since I was little. My grandfather played polo, my parents rode horses, so there was always a connection."
Club / Team La Quadra Stables: Lima, PER
Name of coach Jeroen Dubbeldam [personal], NED, from 2015
Further Personal Information
Occupation Athlete, Breeder, Business Owner, Horse Trainer
Languages Spanish