Ruperto Valderrama
{{Infobox person|image=Ruperto Valderrama.jpg|name=Ruperto Valderrama|full_name=Ruperto Valderrama Miranda|nickname=Don Rupa{{cite web|url=https://anuarios.caballoyrodeo.cl/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/2023/anuarios/1974-REVISTA-DE-ASOCIACION-DE-CRIADORES-DE-CABALLARES-OCTUBRE-1974/index.html#page=134|title=Nicknames that arose from the affection of corraleros|author=Chilean Rodeo Federation|date=1974}} The Pelé of the croissants|birth_date=April 17, 1930|birth_place=San Fernando, Chile|death_date={{death date and given age|2021|6|5|91}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elrancaguino.cl/2021/06/05/fallecio-multicampeon-de-rodeo-chileno-ruperto-valderrama/|title=Multicampeón de rodeo died Chilean Ruperto Valderrama|access-date=2021-06-05|date=2021-06-05|website=El Rancagüino|language=es}}||death_place=San Fernando|sport=Chilean Rodeo|awards=1962 National Rodeo Championship
1963 National Rodeo Championship
1965 National Rodeo Championship
1967 National Rodeo Championship
1968 National Rodeo Championship}}
Ruperto Valderrama Miranda was a Chilean rodeo rider.
Biography
Many Chilean rodeo experts have classified him as one of the best riders in history, and in the 1960s he was known as "The Pelé of the Medialunas."{{cite web|url=https://www.soychile.cl/Chiloe/Deportes/2016/06/02/397191/Ruperto-Valderrama-leyenda-del-Rodeo-Chileno-compartira-sus-experiencias-en-Chiloe.aspx|title=Ruperto Valderrama: Chilean Rodeo Legend Will Share His Experiences in Chiloé|access-date=June 5, 2021|author=La Estrella de Chiloé|date=June 2, 2016}} He was an illustrious citizen of San Fernando.{{cite web|url=https://www.munisanfernando.cl/new/hijos-y-ciudadanos-ilustres-de-san-fernando/|title=Illustrious children and citizens of San Fernando|access-date=June 5, 2021|author=Municipality of San Fernando|archive-date=March 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329034518/https://www.munisanfernando.cl/new/hijos-y-ciudadanos-ilustres-de-san-fernando/|url-status=dead}}
In San Bernardo in 1940, together with Ramón Álvarez, he won his first championship; that triumph marked him for the rest of his life, as he never got off his horses again. He won the National Rodeo Championship five times, along with Ramón Cardemil, who was his partner for twenty-one years, and won four bronze condors as best athlete.
He is also considered the greatest horse setter in history, thanks to his five national titles on horses he settered alone.{{cite web|url=http://diario.elmercurio.cl/detalle/index.asp?id={e8de29e7-12c5-46d5-aafd-085dae6a8d13}|title=Aprendí a la Fuerza|access-date=September 25, 2009|author=El Mercurio|date=2003}} He touted as a unique achievement in Chilean rodeo the fact that he had settered all the champion horses, a feat unprecedented and unmatched in the national sport. His horse "Manicero," along with "Reservado" and "Talento," are the only horses to hold three national championships.
He died on June 5, 2021 at the age of 92.{{cite web|url=https://www1.caballoyrodeo.cl/portal_rodeo/site/artic/20210605/pags/20210605100825.html|title=A giant has passed away! Legendary champion Ruperto Valderrama has passed away|access-date=June 5, 2021|author=Caballoyrodeo|date=June 5, 2021}}
National Championships
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|1962 | Ramón Cardemil | "Manicero" and "Matucho" | 19 | Curicó |
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|1963 | Ramón Cardemil | "Envy" and "Venganza" | 18 | Curicó |
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|1965 | Ramón Cardemil | "Manicero" and "Matucho" | 22 | Curicó |
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|1967 | Ramón Cardemil | "Percala" and "Pelotera" | 24 | Curicó |
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|1968 | Ramón Cardemil | "Manicero" and "Trampero" | 29 | Curicó |
= Third Championships =
- 1955: with Ramón Cardemil, riding "Sambo" and "Posturita" with 19 points.
References
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External Links
- [https://www.caballoyrodeo.cl/portal_rodeo/site/artic/20210605/pags-movil/20210605090840.html We remember Ruperto Valderrama with this interview from our digital library] Breeders Federation Communications.