Ray Quiñones

Ray Quiñones
Ray Quiñones
Secretary of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 2, 2021
Governor	Pedro Pierluisi
Preceded by	Adriana Sánchez Parés
Personal details
Born	Ray Jones Quiñones Vázquez; June 15, 1958; Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
Political party	New Progressive Party

Ray J. Quiñones Vázquez (born 15 June 1958 in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico) is a retired Puerto Rican long jumper.

He won the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 1979 and 1987, the latter in a career best jump^[1] of 8.01 metres. He competed at the 1987 World Championships without reaching the final. He also competed in the men's long jump at the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[2]

He holds a bachelor's degree in pedagogy with a concentration in physical education from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and a master's degree in athlete training from the University of Turabo.

Was athletic director at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.^[3]

References

^ World men's all-time best long jump (last updated 2001)
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ray Quiñones Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ magazine-pr.com/tag/atletico-de-la-upr-mayaguez/
^ "El olímpico Ray Quiñones es nominado como secretario del DRD". 29 December 2020.

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