Editing Culture of Peru (section)

==Sports==
{{Main|Sport in Peru}}
[[File:Pizarro training FC Bayern (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Claudio Pizarro]], former captain of the [[Peru national football team]].]]

[[Association football|Football]] is the most popular sport in Peru.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Noticias |first=A. P. |title=Top 10: Los deportes más populares en Perú - AP Noticias |url=https://www.apnoticias.pe/peru/el-chino/top-10-los-deportes-mas-populares-en-peru-448062 |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=AP Noticias Perú |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-17 |title=¿Qué convirtió al fútbol en el deporte más popular? Esta publicación del Fondo Editorial PUCP lo explica |url=https://puntoedu.pucp.edu.pe/investigacion-y-publicaciones/publicaciones/que-convirtio-al-futbol-en-el-deporte-mas-popular-publicacion-del-fondo-editorial-pucp/ |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=PuntoEdu PUCP |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Football in Peru]] is governed by the [[Peruvian Football Federation]] (PFF), which organizes the [[Peru national football team|men's]] and [[Peru women's national football team|women's]] national teams. Football legends from Peru include [[Alejandro Villanueva (footballer)|Alejandro Villanueva]], [[Teodoro Fernández]], [[Valeriano López]], [[Alberto Terry]], [[Hugo Sotil]], [[César Cueto]], [[Roberto Challe]], [[Héctor Chumpitaz]] and [[Teófilo Cubillas]], Peru's most successful striker in the World Cup finals with ten goals, [[Nolberto Solano]].

Current renowned players include defender [[Carlos Zambrano (footballer)|Carlos Zambrano]] ([[FC Rubin Kazan|Rubin Kazan]]), midfielder [[Juan Manuel Vargas]] ([[Club Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]) and strikers [[Claudio Pizarro]] ([[Werder Bremen]]), [[Paolo Guerrero]] ([[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]]) and [[Jefferson Farfán]] ([[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]). [[Alianza Lima]], [[Sporting Cristal]] and [[Universitario de Deportes]] are the biggest teams in Peru.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PERÚ |first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |date=2020-01-24 |title=Así llegan los tres clubes grandes del fútbol peruano para el comienzo de la temporada 2020{{!}} Alianza Lima{{!}} Universitario {{!}} Cristal {{!}} Liga 1 2020 {{!}} DEPORTE-TOTAL |url=https://elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/asi-llegan-los-tres-clubes-grandes-del-futbol-peruano-para-el-comienzo-de-la-temporada-2020-alianza-lima-universitario-cristal-liga-1-2020-noticia/ |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=El Comercio Perú |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=DePeru.com |title=Los tres Grandes del Fútbol Peruano |url=https://www.deperu.com/abc/club-de-futbol/930/los-tres-grandes-del-futbol-peruano |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=DePeru.com |language=es}}</ref> In 2003, Cienciano won the [[Copa Sudamericana]] after defeating Argentinian club [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=GrupoRPP |date=2020-12-19 |title=Tocó la gloria: hace 17 años Cienciano ganó la Copa Sudamericana |url=https://rpp.pe/futbol/copa-sudamericana/cienciano-hace-17-anos-el-club-cusqueno-toco-la-cima-al-ganar-la-copa-sudamericana-noticia-1310757 |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=RPP |language=es}}</ref> and then proceeded to beat Latin American powerhouse [[Boca Juniors]] (also from Argentina) in the [[Recopa Sudamericana]] played in [[Miami]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-07 |title=Cienciano campeón de la Recopa 2004 - CONMEBOL |url=https://www.conmebol.com/noticias/cienciano-campeon-de-la-recopa-2004/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=www.conmebol.com |language=es-ES}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=de 2022 |first=Por Joaquín Santiago Parra Jordán9 de Junio |title=Cuando Cienciano logró la descomunal hazaña de salir campeón de la Copa Sudamericana 2003 y la Recopa 2004 |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2022/06/09/cuando-cienciano-logro-la-descomunal-hazana-de-salir-campeon-de-la-copa-sudamericana-2003-y-la-recopa-2004/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}</ref> Sporting Cristal was finalist in the Copa Libertadores de América 1997, South America's most important football tournament. Also Universitario de Deportes, but in 1972.

Achievements from the [[Peru national football team]] include competing at the [[FIFA World Cup]], in [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] (quarterfinalists), [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], and [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], being [[Teófilo Cubillas]], among the top 10 goal scorers in the history of the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] and having a record as the only player to score 5 goals in 2 different World Cups. The national team won two Copa América's in [[1939 South American Championship|1939]] and [[1975 Copa América|1975]].

[[Claudio Pizarro]] holds the record as the top scorer from a foreign country in the history of [[Bundesliga]]. [[Paolo Guerrero]] holds the record as the current all-time top scorer in the history of the [[Copa América]] still active, finishing as the top scorer in all three of these tournaments ([[2011 Copa América|2011]], [[2015 Copa América|2015]] and [[2019 Copa América|2019]]), which is also a record.

[[File:Sofía Mulánovich.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sofía Mulánovich]], Peruvian surfing World Champion.|180px]]
Achievements from the [[Peru women's national football team]] include finishing third place at the [[1998 Sudamericano Femenino]], and finishing fourth place at the [[2003 Sudamericano Femenino]].

Women's [[volleyball]] is a popular and also successful sport in Peru (silver medal in the [[1988 Summer Olympics]], runners-up in the Volleyball World Championship, and 12 times South American champion).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Comercio |first=El |title=Selección de vóley de Seúl 88 {{!}} El Comercio Peru |url=https://especiales.elcomercio.pe/?q=especiales/seul-88/index.html |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=El Comercio.pe |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=PERÚ |first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |date=2021-07-23 |title=China campeón y Perú segundo en el mundial de vóley l Bicentenario {{!}} BICENTENARIO |url=https://elcomercio.pe/bicentenario/1982-l-china-campeon-y-peru-segundo-en-el-mundial-de-voley-l-bicentenario-noticia/ |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=El Comercio Perú |language=es}}</ref>

[[Tennis in Peru|Tennis]], [[Surfing in Peru|surfing]] and [[Rugby union in Peru|rugby]] in [[Peru]] are minor but growing sports.

[[Alex Olmedo|Alejandro "Alex" Olmedo Rodríguez]] (March 24, 1936 – December 9, 2020) was a tennis player from Peru with American citizenship. He was listed by the USTA as a "foreign" player for 1958, but as a U.S. player for 1959.[3] He helped win the Davis Cup for the United States in 1958 and was the No. 2 ranked amateur in 1959. Olmedo won two Majors in 1959 (Australia and Wimbledon) and the U.S. Pro Championships in 1960, and was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.

[[Sofía Mulánovich]] is the first South American ever to win the [[World surfing champion|Surfing World Title]], which she did in 2004. She is also the first Peruvian surfer ever to win a [[World Surf League]] [[World championship tour (WCT) surfing|World Championship Tour]] event. In 2004, she won three out of the six World Championship Tour events, and finished the season as World Champion. Felipe Pomar was also a world champion.