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Robert Franco (skier)
Mexican-American freestyle skier
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.
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Born | (1993-08-23) August 23, 1993 (age 30) [3] San Jose, California, U.S. |
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Sport | Freestyle skiing |
Event | Slopestyle |
He represented Mexico in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[4]
Franco was born in San Jose, California to an American mother and a Mexican father from Guadalajara.[5]
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]
- "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. Archived from the original on February 19, 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. Archived from the original on February 17, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- 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-Tribune.
- Abigail Parra (February 7, 2018). "Delegación mexicana en PyeonChang 2018, la más grande desde 1992" (in Spanish). mediotiempo.
- Robert Franco at FIS (freestyle)
- Robert Franco at Olympedia
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