Francisco Santos (swimmer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Francisco Santos (swimmer)

Portuguese poet, swimmer and writer

Date of Birth: 17-May-1962

Place of Birth: Luanda, Luanda Province, Angola

Profession: writer, poet, artist, swimmer

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Francisco José Ribeiro Lopes dos Santos, known mainly as Francisco Santos (born 17 May 1962 in Luanda, Angola) is an Angolan/Portuguese multi-talent artist with many names and faces.
As Francisco Lopes Santos he is likely to be known as a swimmer.
Art enthusiasts may know him as the visual artist Xesko, lovers of poetry as Elias Karipande, fantasy and science fiction fans as Alan J.
Banta.
As a writer, published in English and Portuguese.As a sportsman represented Angola in swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics (Men's 100 m Breaststroke and Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay). He also represented his country in other international games, including the Algiers 1978 All-Africa Games, the Moscow 1979 Seventh USSR Summer Spartakiade and the Mexico 1979 Summer Universiade. He was honored by the Angolan Olympic Committee in 2014, for being one of the first Angolan Olympic ambassadors.