Francisco Villota, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish pelotari
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Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
About Francisco Villota
- Francisco Villota (18 November 1873 â 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 JosĂ© de AmĂ©zola y AspizĂșa defeated the French team, Maurice Durquetty and Etchegaray(w.o.).
- This was Spain's first ever Olympic Medal.
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