Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría

Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría
Personal information
Born	1869; Paris, France
Died	1933
Sport
Sport	Tug of war
Medal record
Representing France
Olympic Games

Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría (Paris, 1869 – 1933) was a Colombian-born French tug of war competitor, who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He participated in the tug of war competition and won a silver medal as a member of the French team.^[1]^[2]

He was the son of Ricardo Carlos Henríquez and Maria Ana Antonia Clemencia de Zubiría y Osse, and was born in Paris, but he was Colombian until his naturalization in 1917. 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[]

^ Rivas, Fernando Arrechea (2009). 1900. La Primera Aventura Olímpica Española. p. 65. ISBN 9788494404405. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

External link[]

Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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[1] Rivas, Fernando Arrechea (2009). 1900. La Primera Aventura Olímpica Española. p. 65. ISBN 9788494404405. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[2] "Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

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