Cecilia Tait

Cecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta (born May 2, 1962)[2] is a Peruvian politician and retired volleyball player.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tait and the second or maternal family name is Villacorta.
Cecilia Tait
Cecilia Tait
Personal information
Full nameCecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta
NicknameLa Zurda del Oro (The Golden Left-Handed Woman)
Born (1962-05-02) May 2, 1962[1]
Lima, Peru[1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
National team
1978–1988Peru
Honours
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1982 Peru Team
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Czechoslovakia Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan Team
Silver medal – second place 1987 Indianapolis Team
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Caracas Team
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 1979 Rosario Team
Gold medal – first place 1983 São Paulo Team
Gold medal – first place 1985 Caracas Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Montevideo Team
Silver medal – second place 1981 Santo Andre Team

Sports career

Nicknamed La Zurda del Oro (The Golden Left-Handed Woman), Tait participated in three Summer Olympics with the Peru national team,[3] finishing 6th in 1980, 4th in 1984 and winning a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[4][5] She was a member of the Peruvian team that won second place in the World Championship in 1982, and third place at the World Championship in 1986.[1] She won a silver medal at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, a bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, and a silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis.[1]

Political career

In 1998, Cecilia Tait entered politics, becoming elected municipal councillor in Villa María del Triunfo, representing the Fujimorist party Vamos Vecino of President Alberto Fujimori. 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.[6] She failed to attain reelection in 2006, but she was re-elected to Congress in 2011 and left office in 2016 after she failed to attain reelection under the Peruvians for Change party.

References
  1. "Cecilia Tait". olympedia.org. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  2. "Cecilia Tait Vilacorta". Congreso de la República del Peru. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  3. 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.
  4. "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Volleyball" Archived May 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics (Retrieved on February 5, 2008)
  5. "Cecilia Tait". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  6. (in Spanish) Cecilia Tait Villacorta – Congreso de la República del Perú (Retrieved on February 5, 2008)
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