Cecilia Tait
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 Peru national team,[2] finishing 6th in 1980, 4th in 1984 and winning a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[3][4] She was a member of the Peruvian team that won second place in the World Championship in 1982.
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Full name | Cecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | La Zurda del Oro (The Golden Left-Handed Woman) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lima, Peru | May 2, 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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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.[5]
References
- "Cecilia Tait Vilacorta". Congreso de la República del Peru. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cecilia Tait Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Volleyball" Archived May 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics (Retrieved on February 5, 2008)
- "Cecilia Tait". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
- (in Spanish) Cecilia Tait Villacorta – Congreso de la República del Perú (Retrieved on February 5, 2008)