Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría
Colombian-French tug of war competitor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría (Paris, 1869 – 1933) was a French-born Colombian who represented France at the 1900 Summer Olympics in the tug of war team competition; they won a silver medal.[1][2]
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Born | 1869 Paris, France | |||||||||||
Died | 1933 | |||||||||||
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The son of Ricardo Carlos Henríquez and Maria Ana Antonia Clemencia de Zubiría y Osse, he was a Colombian citizen until he was naturalized as a Frenchman in 1917.[2] He studied medicine and worked at the Colombian embassy in Paris, also serving as a doctor during World War I for the French Army.