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Francisco Villota

1873 - 1950

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Francisco Villota y Baquiola (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 were given the silver medal (equivalent nowadays to the gold medal) after achieving the first place without having to play, since the only other contestants, the French team, Maurice Durquetty and Etchegaray, withdrew due to a disagreement about the rules. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Villota has received more than 8,375 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Francisco Villota is the 615th most popular athlete (down from 456th in 2019), the 1,463rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,323rd in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Francisco Villota ranks 615 out of 3,059Before him are Akio Kaminaga, Alan Helffrich, Ilona Slupianek, Olha Bryzhina, Mikhail Zhelev, and Vasili Kuznetsov. After him are Wilhelmina von Bremen, Bärbel Wöckel, John Winter, Heide Rosendahl, Paul Anderson, and Argentina Menis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Francisco Villota ranks 146Before him are Ioannis Chrysafis, Pyotr Chardynin, Jānis Endzelīns, E. T. Whittaker, Lev Chugaev, and Oskari Tokoi. After him are Zivar bey Ahmadbeyov, Michel Giacobini, Carlos Mendieta, Julieta Lanteri, Georges Theunis, and Eduardo Schaerer. Among people deceased in 1950, Francisco Villota ranks 148Before him are Edwin Foster Coddington, Alexandros Diomidis, Louis Wilkins, Tommaso Costantino, Dezső Földes, and Karel Koželuh. After him are Boris Verlinsky, Gopinath Bordoloi, Maurice Schilles, John M. Stahl, Frederick Keeping, and Henryk Grossman.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Villota ranks 1,463 out of 2,932Before him are Carlos Marchena (1979), Gregorio Manzano (1956), Martí de Riquer i Morera (1914), Antonio Mercero (1936), Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona (1811), and Michu (1986). After him are Feliciano López (1981), Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823), Esther Acebo (1983), Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918), Juan Luque de Serrallonga (1882), and María de Villota (1980).

Among ATHLETES In Spain

Among athletes born in Spain, Francisco Villota ranks 1After him are Jorge Llopart (1952), Sandra Sánchez (1981), Ruth Beitia (1979), Kílian Jornet Burgada (1987), José Marín (1950), Fermín Cacho (1969), Daniel Plaza (1966), Martín Fiz (1963), Abel Antón (1962), Jesús Ángel García Bragado (1969), and José Manuel Abascal (1958).