Robert Franco (skier)

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Robert Franco
Personal information
Nicknames
  • Robby Franco [1]
  • Roberto Franco [2]
Citizenship
  • Mexico
  • United States
Born (1993-08-23) August 23, 1993 (age 30) [3]
San Jose, California, U.S.
Sport
Country
  • Mexico
  • United States
Sport Freestyle skiing
Event 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.

Contents

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] 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]

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References

  1. "Robby Franco". USSA - US Ski Team. 2015.
  2. Saúl Trujano (January 10, 2018). "Tres atletas representarán a México en Pyeongchang 2018". Adrenalina (in Spanish). Excelsior.
  3. "Freestyle Skiing ATHLETE PROFILE: Robert FRANCO". PyeongChang 2018. Olympic.org. 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  4. "Athlete profile - Robert Franco". pyeongchang2018.com. 2018. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  5. 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.
  6. Tik Root (March 6, 2015). "Mariachi Man: Prince Hubertus and the Mexican ski team he helped create". Sports Illustrated.
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  9. Luis Gomez (February 9, 2018). "How to root for Team Mexico in the 2018 Winter Olympics". San Diego Union-Tribune.
  10. Abigail Parra (February 7, 2018). "Delegación mexicana en PyeonChang 2018, la más grande desde 1992" (in Spanish). mediotiempo.