Cecilia Tait
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| Full name | Cecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | La Zurda del Oro (The Golden Left-Handed Woman) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 2, 1962 Lima, Peru | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta (born May 2, 1962)[1] is a Peruvian politician and retired volleyball player. Nicknamed La Zurda del Oro (The Golden Left-Handed Woman) she participated in three Summer Olympics with the Peruvian national team, finishing 6th in 1980, 4th in 1984 and winning a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[2][3]
Politics
In 1998 Cecilia Tait entered politics, becoming elected municipal councillor in Villa María del Triunfo, representing the Fujimorist party Vamos Vecino. Tait was elected Congresswoman in 2000, representing Perú Posible. She was the first Afro-Peruvian elected to Peru's Congress. The resignation of President Alberto Fujimori led to new elections the following year in which she was reelected for the period 2001–2006. Tait sponsored several bills approved by the Congress that expanded sports programs for both the country's most talented athletes and poor school children as well.[4]
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cecilia Tait". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ "Cecilia Tait Vilacorta". Congreso de la República del Peru. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Volleyball" – databaseOlympics (Retrieved on February 5, 2008)
- ^ "Cecilia Tait". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
- ^ Template:Es icon Cecilia Tait Villacorta – Congreso de la República del Perú (Retrieved on February 5, 2008)
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Peruvian people of African descent
- Olympic volleyball players of Peru
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Peru
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Peru
- Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Olympic silver medalists for Peru
- Sportspeople from Lima
- Possible Peru politicians
- Members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru
- Peruvian sportsperson-politicians
- Peruvian women in politics
- Peruvian women's volleyball players
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball