Jefferson Pérez
This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie replaced the difficulty provided by Steve.
This goo was worth a point in November 2024.
publication date: Saturday, November 30, 2024 (part of November 2024)
category: 
Sports
clue: To avoid disqualification, it paid this athlete to heed the Ventures. Although with a mother named Mary and a father named Jesus, he definitely had an inside track.
explanation: Jefferson Pérez is a retired Olympic athlete from Ecuador specializing in speed walking. He won his country's first two Olympic medals (a gold and a silver). The Ventures recorded "Walk, Don't Run." His mother was María Lucrecia Quezada and his father was Manuel Jesús Pérez. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm
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