Francisco Villota y Baquiola (18 November 1873 – 7 January 1950) was a Spanish pelotari (player of Basque pelota) who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[1]
Villota competed in the only official pelota contest in Olympic history, the Basque pelota at the 1900 Summer Olympics two-man teams event. He and his partner José de Amézola y Aspizúa were given the silver medal (equivalent nowadays to the gold medal) after achieving the first place without having to play, since the only other contestants, the French team, Maurice Durquetty and Etchegaray, withdrew due to a disagreement about the rules.[2] This was Spain's first ever Olympic Medal.
References
- ^ "Francisco Villota". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Arrechea, Fernando (10 August 2008). "No, España no tiene aún 100 medallas olímpica". Soitu.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
External links
Sources
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Pelota 1900". Accessed 25 February 2006. Available electronically at [1] Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
- Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.
- "El primer medallista olímpico español ya tiene rostro y nombre" (in Spanish)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Francisco Villota". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
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