He is mostly famous for representing Peru at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. He is considered the first Olympic athlete to represent Peru, he entered two events in fencing, in the foil event, the winners were decided by judges, he qualified from his first round, in his next round he wasn't automatically advanced by the judges and was told to compete in the Repechage round, where he failed to advance any further, in his other event the épée, he was drawn in to a group of six fencers, although the full results are not known, we do know he finished outside the top two in the group so didn't advance, he was later invited to become a member of the International Olympic Committee a position he held from 1909 to 1922.