Francisco Fernández Ochoa
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Fernández Ochoa in October 2006
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| Disciplines |
Downhill, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combined |
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| Club | Club de Esquí Arroyomolinos, Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
February 25, 1950 Madrid, Spain |
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| Died | November 6, 2006 (aged 56) Cercedilla, Spain |
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | January 26, 1969 - (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | April 1980 - (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 4 – (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 7 – (1968-1980) includes 4 Olympics |
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| Medals | 2 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 12 – (1969–1980) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 – (1 SL) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 4 – (2 SL, 2 K) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (9th in 1975) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 - (7th in 1975, slalom) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Francisco "Paquito" Fernández Ochoa (February 25, 1950 – November 6, 2006) was a World Cup alpine ski racer from Spain. Born in Madrid and raised north of the city in Cercedilla, he was the eldest of eight children whose father ran a ski school. Paquito raced in all of the alpine disciplines and specialized in slalom.
At the age of 21, he won an Olympic gold medal in the slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. He is known for being the first (& only ) Spaniard to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
Thirty years later, German-born Johann Mühlegg won three gold medals in cross-country skiing for Spain in 2002, but was later stripped of his gold medals for doping offenses.
Fernández Ochoa made his international debut at age 17 at the 1968 Winter Olympics, where he finished 38th in the downhill and giant slalom, and 23rd in the slalom. His first top ten finish on the World Cup circuit was the following season, a sixth-place finish in the slalom at Megève, France, on January 26, 1969.
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