[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":184},["ShallowReactive",2],{"country-en-peru":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"country_code":170,"description":171,"extension":172,"federation":173,"flag":175,"lastUpdated":176,"meta":177,"navigation":178,"path":179,"region":180,"seo":181,"stem":182,"__hash__":183},"countries\u002Fcountries\u002Fen\u002Fperu.md","Pétanque in Peru",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":162},"minimark",[9,13,46,51,66,70,99,103,134,145,149],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"pétanque-in-peru",[14,15,16,17,22,23,27,28,32,33,37,38,41,42,45],"p",{},"Peru follows the same governance pattern already established in ",[18,19,21],"a",{"href":20},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fitaly","Italy",", ",[18,24,26],{"href":25},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fcroatia","Croatia",", and ",[18,29,31],{"href":30},"\u002Fcountries\u002Fchile","Chile",": a single national federation covers several related boules disciplines under one roof, with pétanque as one organized branch alongside raffa volo. The ",[34,35,36],"strong",{},"Federación Deportiva Peruana de Bochas (FDPB)",", recognized by the ",[34,39,40],{},"Comité Olímpico Peruano (COPERU)",", oversees the sport nationally, with Lima's ",[34,43,44],{},"Country Club Chama"," serving as the country's central pétanque venue and the Peruvian national team taking its first Bolivarian Games petanca medals in 2024.",[47,48,50],"h2",{"id":49},"history","History",[14,52,53,54,57,58,61,62,65],{},"COPERU's own federation directory dates the FDPB's founding to ",[34,55,56],{},"1965",". A separate business-registry record instead lists the organization's activities as beginning in ",[34,59,60],{},"October 2002",", which more likely reflects a later re-registration or reorganization of the federation than a contradiction of the 1965 founding date - WebFetch is blocked sitewide in this environment, so the precise relationship between the two dates could not be independently confirmed beyond what WebSearch surfaced. The federation is headquartered at ",[34,63,64],{},"Av. Arica 125, San Miguel, Lima",", and governs bochas' two main competitive codes, raffa volo and petanca, mirroring the umbrella structure already documented on Italy's and Croatia's federations.",[47,67,69],{"id":68},"domestic-scene","Domestic Scene",[14,71,72,74,75,78,79,82,83,86,87,90,91,94,95,98],{},[34,73,44],{},", in the Surco district of Lima, is Peru's principal pétanque venue and has hosted the country's landmark international fixtures. The ",[34,76,77],{},"Union des Français de l'Étranger (UFE) Pérou",", the local French expatriate association, organized Peru's first pétanque tournament there between French teams drawn from the UFE and the French Embassy and teams from the Federación Peruana de Bochas, aimed at promoting the sport locally. In August 2022, French pétanque freestyle influencer ",[34,80,81],{},"Tanguy Penin"," gave a demonstration at the ",[34,84,85],{},"Alliance française de Lima"," alongside ",[34,88,89],{},"Néstor Guevara"," ahead of what local press described as Peru's first international pétanque competition, a doubles event that drew 48 teams to Country Club Chama. Country Club Chama has also hosted a pétanque exhibition sponsored by the FDPB and Lanfranco & Córdova featuring touring French professionals ",[34,92,93],{},"Dylan Rocher"," and ",[34,96,97],{},"Damien Hureau",", though the event's exact date could not be independently confirmed beyond a single, undated community blog post.",[47,100,102],{"id":101},"international-results","International Results",[14,104,105,106,109,110,113,114,117,118,121,122,126,127,94,130,133],{},"Peru's biggest pétanque moment to date came at the ",[34,107,108],{},"2024 Bolivarian Games (Juegos Bolivarianos del Bicentenario)",", held in Ayacucho, Peru, from ",[34,111,112],{},"27 November to 8 December 2024",". Bochas debuted at the Games in both its raffa volo and petanca modalities, and Peru's petanca representatives medaled on home soil: ",[34,115,116],{},"Rosalba Rojas"," won gold in the individual petanca event, and Rojas paired with ",[34,119,120],{},"Erik Bardelli"," to take bronze in mixed pairs petanca. Bardelli, speaking to the newspaper ",[123,124,125],"em",{},"Jornada",", described bochas as \"a sport for everyone,\" inclusive across ages and abilities. In the federation's other discipline, raffa volo, Peru's mixed team took silver, with ",[34,128,129],{},"Sandro",[34,131,132],{},"Mariolina Saletti"," winning gold in the mixed pairs event - host-nation results that came as part of Peru's overall gold-medal-topping performance across all sports at the 2024 Bolivarian Games.",[14,135,136,137,140,141,144],{},"Looking ahead, a 2026 tournament calendar published by the ",[34,138,139],{},"Federación Mexicana de Petanca"," lists Peru as the planned host of a Pan American qualifying event for senior doubles in ",[34,142,143],{},"November 2026",". WebFetch is blocked sitewide in this environment, so the exact host city, venue, and dates could not be independently confirmed beyond that calendar listing.",[47,146,148],{"id":147},"federation-contact","Federation Contact",[14,150,151,152,154,155,161],{},"The FDPB is headquartered at ",[34,153,64],{},", and can be reached at ",[34,156,157],{},[18,158,160],{"href":159},"mailto:fedbochasperu@hotmail.com","fedbochasperu@hotmail.com",". A current federation president could not be independently verified via WebSearch alone - WebFetch is blocked sitewide in this environment - so it is left unstated here rather than guessed.",{"title":163,"searchDepth":164,"depth":164,"links":165},"",2,[166,167,168,169],{"id":49,"depth":164,"text":50},{"id":68,"depth":164,"text":69},{"id":101,"depth":164,"text":102},{"id":147,"depth":164,"text":148},"PE","Peru's Federación Deportiva Peruana de Bochas has run pétanque since 1965. Discover Lima's Country Club Chama scene and Peru's 2024 Bolivarian Games petanca medals.","md",{"name":36,"url":174},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.coperu.org\u002Ffederaciones\u002Fnacionales\u002Ffederacion-deportiva-peruana-de-bochas.html","🇵🇪","2026-08-04",{},true,"\u002Fcountries\u002Fen\u002Fperu",null,{"title":5,"description":171},"countries\u002Fen\u002Fperu","g2UoCVG6k7VPNJjSwnSSNNrJy5AnRjznLimvv6taMJw",1786097167281]