1972 in Peru

← 1971 1970 1969 1972 in Peru → 1973 1974 1975
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1972 Timeline of Peruvian history

This article lists events from the year 1972 in Peru.

Incumbents

• President: Fernando Belaúnde Terry
• Vice President of Peru: Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín
• Prime Minister: Ernesto Montagne Sánchez

Events

• 12 April – Carmen Amelia Ampuero is selected as Miss Peru Universe 1972.[1]
• At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, Peru is represented in seven sports, by 20 competitors, 17 men and 3 women.[2]

Publications

Cinema

• Cholo, starring football player Hugo Sotil[3]

Sport

• 1972 Copa Perú[4]

Births

• 18 March – Mario Rodríguez, footballer[5]
• 6 December – Mónica Santa María, model and TV hostess (died 1994)[6]

Deaths

• 12 March – César Atahualpa Rodríguez, poet (born 1889)[7]

References

1. "Misses con Historia | CARETAS ILUSTRACION PERUANA". www.caretas.com.pe. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
2. "Peru at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
3. Vilcachagua, Pablo (2019-07-09). "Cultura: El Perú en el cine: Un recorrido por esas películas que nos retratan como país" [Culture: Peru in cinema: A journey through those films that portray us as a country]. Peru21 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
4. (in Spanish) Copa Peru 1972
5. "Mario Rodríguez". National Football Teams. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
6. Vanessa Morales (2 July 2017). "Las últimas horas de Mónica Santa María: la dalina de 'Nubeluz' que perdió las ganas de vivir". Univision. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
7. Kapsoli, W. (1984). "Prospecto del grupo "Los Zurdos" de Arequipa". Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana. 10 (20): 101–111. doi:10.2307/4530162.

External links

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