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Spain's sole Olympic Gold Medal prior to WW2 was won by the equestrian team of Garcia, Alvarez and Navarro who won the Prix des Nations on 12 August 1928, the final day of the Amsterdam Olympic Games.
It was to take 52 years before another Spanish athlete, Alejandro Abascal, would
win Olympic gold again.
More recently it was discovered that Villota and Amezola won the '2-man Team with
Cesta'
on 21 June 1900 playing Pelota Basque, a cross between tennis and handball played in Basque, Spain. The official report of that year states that Señor Villota was from
Madrid and Señor Amezola from Bilbao, beating a French pair.
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Name |
Year |
Gold |
SPORT |
born |
died |
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José de Amézola |
1900 |
1 |
Pelota Basque |
9.1.1874 |
1922 |
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Francisco Villota |
1900 |
1 |
Pelota Basque |
18.11.1873 |
1949 |
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José Alvarez |
1928 |
1 |
EQUESTRIAN |
23.3.1895 |
27.12.1993 |
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Julio Garcia |
1928 |
1 |
EQUESTRIAN |
31.12.1894 |
29.7.1969 |
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José Navarro |
1928 |
1 |
EQUESTRIAN |
8.12.1897 |
13.12.1974 |
I would be grateful for any corrections and additional biographical information.
Last updated March 11, 2010
Sería agradecido para cualesquiera correcciones e información biográfica adicional. Por favor E-mail yo en el bernard @ invoiceit.com (quite los espacios)
