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| Born | 1869 Paris, France | |||||||||||
| Died | 1933 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Tug of war | |||||||||||
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Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría (Paris, 1869 – 1933) was a French-born Colombian who represented France at the 1900 Summer Olympics in the tug of war team competition; they won a silver medal.[1][2]
The son of Ricardo Carlos Henríquez and Maria Ana Antonia Clemencia de Zubiría y Osse, he was a Colombian citizen until he was naturalized as a Frenchman in 1917.[2] He studied medicine and worked at the Colombian embassy in Paris, also serving as a doctor during World War I for the French Army.
References[edit]
- ^ Rivas, Fernando Arrechea (2009). 1900. La Primera Aventura Olímpica Española. p. 65. ISBN 9788494404405. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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