Robert Franco (skier)
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Born | [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, alongside alpinists Rodolfo Dickson, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg,[6] Sarah Schleper,[7] 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.
- ^ Saúl Trujano (January 10, 2018). "Tres atletas representarán a México en Pyeongchang 2018". Adrenalina (in Spanish). Excelsior.
- ^ "Freestyle Skiing — ATHLETE PROFILE: Robert FRANCO". PyeongChang 2018. Olympic.org. 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
- ^ "Athlete profile - Robert Franco". pyeongchang2018.com. 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
- ^ Calle, Jenifer (February 14, 2018). "Robby Franco was Born in the U.S. but He's Representing Mexico in a Big Way this Winter Olympic". Latina. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ Tik Root (March 6, 2015). "Mariachi Man: Prince Hubertus and the Mexican ski team he helped create". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "Tres mexicanos acudirán a Pyeongchang 2018" (in Spanish). Esportes.MX. May 18, 2017.
- ^ Carlos Alberto Cruz (February 23, 2017). "México con cuatro o cinco atletas a Pyeongchang 2018" (in Spanish). El Big Data.
- ^ Luis Gomez (February 9, 2018). "How to root for Team Mexico in the 2018 Winter Olympics". San Diego Union-Tribue.
- ^ Abigail Parra (February 7, 2018). "Delegación mexicana en PyeonChang 2018, la más grande desde 1992" (in Spanish). mediotiempo.
External links[]
- Robert Franco at FIS (freestyle)
- Robert Franco at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- American male freestyle skiers
- Mexican male freestyle skiers
- Olympic freestyle skiers of Mexico
- Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- American sportspeople of Mexican descent
- Sportspeople from San Jose, California
- Mexican sportspeople stubs
- American freestyle skiing biography stubs