Name Jorge Gonzalez | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Jorge Luis ("Peco") González (born 20 December 1952 in Utuado, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican Olympic runner. He has won many races and competed in many international events, such as the Central American and Caribbean Games and the Olympic Games. In 1982, he set the all-time record at the Ponce Marathon which has not yet (2013) been broken.
Biography
González was very famous in Puerto Rico, where people know him as Peco (after Pecos Bill, the fastest cowboy to ever live). Puerto Ricans had high hopes on him, specially at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California, but he didn't win any Olympic medals.
The height of his fame was during the 1980s, when he would do national tours across Puerto Rico, to sign autographs at department stores and be featured on television commercials.
González was born in Utuado, Puerto Rico Utuado, where he still lives. There is a stadium named Peco González Stadium in Utuado.
González first marriage to Aida Luz Reyes resulted in his one and only daughter, Katherine Gónzalez - who currently lives in the United States.