Frank Cuesta
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Francisco Javier Cuesta Ramos (born 16 October 1971),[2] also known as Frank Cuesta (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾaŋk ˈkwesta]), is a Spanish adventurer, wildlife veterinary,[citation needed] television presenter, tennis coach, and Youtuber.
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Frank Cuesta | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Francisco Javier Cuesta Ramos (1971-10-16) 16 October 1971 (age 52) |
Occupation(s) | Animal rights activist, tennis coach, adventurer, television presenter, Youtuber |
Spouse | |
Website | https://naturalfrank.com/ |
YouTube information | |
Also known as | Frank Cuesta Wild Frank Frank de la Jungla |
Channel | |
Years active | 2019–present |
Genre | Wildlife |
Subscribers | 3.55 Million[1] (21 January 2024) |
Total views | 475 Million[1] (21 January 2024) |
Born in León, Cuesta devoted his early years to tennis, learning from figures such as Nick Bollettieri, Guillermo Vilas, Pete Sampras, and Jim Courier.[3][4] At a very young age, an injury marred his tennis career, but he kept training with Bollettieri until he asked Cuesta to move to Thailand to open an academy.[5] Once in Bangkok, Cuesta became growingly interested in wildlife.
His interest in animals brought him to fame with the TV show Frank de la Jungla (es), for which he won a Premio Ondas in 2011 for the category of Innovation or Television Quality (es).[6] The show spawned two spin-offs: La Selva en Casa (es) and Natural Frank (es). All three shows were broadcast by Cuatro. A fourth show, Wild Frank (es), was broadcast by Discovery International.[7]