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Francisco Villota

Villota
Full name Francisco Villota
Born 18 November 1873
Died 7 January 1950(1950-01-07) (aged 76)
Country Spain
Doubles Gold medal icon.svg1900
Olympic medal record
Men's Basque pelota
Gold medal – first place 1900 Paris Two-man teams

Francisco Villota (18 November 1873 – 7 January 1950) was a Spanish pelotari (player of Basque pelota) who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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 defeated the French team, Maurice Durquetty and Etchegaray(w.o.).



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