Efraín Sotacuro, para-athlete sponsored by PETROPERU, wins bronze medal in Lima 2019

Efraín Sotacuro, part of the group of athletes sponsored by PETROPERU, won the bronze medal in the 1,500 meter competition for athletics at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.

The 28-year-old Peruvian representative made a time of 4:17:00 in the T46 mode. With this result the Peruvian delegation already counts 5 medals in Lima 2019.

Efraín Sotacuro is a Huancavelica fondista who won fifth place in the Paralympic Marathon World Championship held in London this year; He also won fourth place in the Paralympic Marathon in the Rio 2016 Olympics and seeks his classification to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

It should be noted that PETROPERÚ is the “Official Fuel of the Lima 2019 Pan American and Para Pan American Games” with which it will guarantee the supply of the 2019 Lima bus fleet – made up of 350 units - in two stations located in Villa El Salvador and El Callao.

In addition to Sotacuro, the state oil company also sponsors the athlete Dunia Felices Rojas, specialized in swimming.

PETROPERU reaffirms its commitment to sport by supporting the young talents that are part of the most important sporting event on the continent and the most momentous in the world after the Olympic Games.

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