Alfredo Benavides Diez-Canseco

Alfredo Benavides Diez-Canseco
Minister of Navy and Aviation
In office
December 8, 1931 – May 2, 1933
PresidentLuis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
Preceded byFederico Díaz Dulanto [es]
Succeeded byLuis A. Flores
Minister Plenipotentiary of Peru to the United Kingdom
In office
19331942
PresidentÓscar R. Benavides
Preceded byÓscar R. Benavides
Ambassador of Peru to Canada
In office
19441949
PresidentPosition established
Personal details
Born(1881-03-30)March 30, 1881
Lima, Peru
Died1967
Lima, Peru
Alma materColegio de la Inmaculada
Guadalupe College
OccupationAthlete, diplomat

Alfredo Benavides Diez-Canseco (Lima; March 30, 1881 — 1967) was a Peruvian diplomat and sportsman. He was the president of the first sports institution in Peru,[1] and of the Lima Jockey Club (inaugurating the Santa Beatriz Hippodrome under his tenure),[2] and one of the founders of the Club Terrazas in Miraflores.[3]

  1. ^ Rigel Gómez Lavi, Carlos Arnulfo. CENTRO ADMINISTRATIVO DEL DEPORTE OLÍMPICO DEL PERÚ (PDF) (Thesis) (in Spanish). Universidad Ricardo Palma. p. 17.
  2. ^ Young Bazo, Jorge L. "La Hípica en Lima". Hipódromo de Monterrico.
  3. ^ "Conoce nuestra historia". Club Terrazas.