Ecuador competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Jefferson Pérez, who won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, won 4th place in the 20km walk.
Famous quotes containing the word summer:
“Thus sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud,
And after summer evermore succeeds
Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold;
So cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)