Robert Franco (skier)
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[3] San Jose, California, U.S. | August 23, 1993
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Sport | Freestyle skiing |
Event(s) | Slopestyle |
Robert "Robby" Franco (born August 23, 1993) is a Mexican-American freestyle skier. He competed for the United States of America in the 2015 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, and for Mexico in the 2017 championships. He represented Mexico in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[4]
Early life
Franco was born in San Jose, California to an American mother and a Mexican father from Guadalajara.[5]
Career
2018 Winter Olympics
He was one of several skiers hoping to make the Mexican squad for the 2018 Olympics, along side alpinists Rodolfo Dickson, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg,[6] Sarah Schleper,[7] Sandra Hillen in snowboard.[8] He qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics, alongside alpinists Rodolfo Dickson and Sarah Schleper, and cross-country skier Germán Madrazo.[9][10]
References
- ↑ "Robby Franco". USSA - US Ski Team. 2015.
- ↑ (in Spanish) Saúl Trujano (10 January 2018). "Tres atletas representarán a México en Pyeongchang 2018". Adrenalina. Excelsior.
- ↑ "Freestyle Skiing — ATHLETE PROFILE: Robert FRANCO". PyeongChang 2018. Olympic.org. 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ↑ "Athlete profile - Robert Franco". pyeongchang2018.com. 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ↑ Calle, Jenifer (2018-02-14). "Robby Franco was Born in the U.S. but He's Representing Mexico in a Big Way this Winter Olympic". Latina. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- ↑ Tik Root (March 6, 2015). "Mariachi Man: Prince Hubertus and the Mexican ski team he helped create". Sports Illustrated.
- ↑ (in Spanish) "Tres mexicanos acudirán a Pyeongchang 2018". Esportes.MX. May 18, 2017.
- ↑ (in Spanish) Carlos Alberto Cruz (February 23, 2017). "México con cuatro o cinco atletas a Pyeongchang 2018". El Big Data.
- ↑ Luis Gomez (9 February 2018). "How to root for Team Mexico in the 2018 Winter Olympics". San Diego Union-Tribue.
- ↑ (in Spanish) Abigail Parra (7 February 2018). "Delegación mexicana en PyeonChang 2018, la más grande desde 1992". mediotiempo.
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