1873 - 1950
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, Francisco Villota ranks 615 out of 3,059. Before 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.
1936 - 1993
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 609
1900 - 1994
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 610
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 611
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 612
1943 - 2021
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 613
1932 - 2001
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 614
1873 - 1950
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 615
1909 - 1976
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 616
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 617
1924 - 2007
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 618
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 619
1932 - 1994
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 620
1948 - 2023
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 621
Among people born in 1873, Francisco Villota ranks 146. Before 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 148. Before 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.
1873 - 1932
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 140
1873 - 1934
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 141
1873 - 1961
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 142
1873 - 1956
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 143
1873 - 1922
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 144
1873 - 1963
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 145
1873 - 1950
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 146
1873 - 1925
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 147
1873 - 1938
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 148
1873 - 1960
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 149
1873 - 1932
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 150
1873 - 1966
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 151
1873 - 1941
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 152
1870 - 1950
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 142
1875 - 1950
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 143
1882 - 1950
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 144
1885 - 1950
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 145
1880 - 1950
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 146
1895 - 1950
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 147
1873 - 1950
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 148
1888 - 1950
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 149
1890 - 1950
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 150
1888 - 1950
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 151
1886 - 1950
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 152
1867 - 1950
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 153
1881 - 1950
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 154
Among people born in Spain, Francisco Villota ranks 1,463 out of 2,932. Before 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).
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 1,457
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 1,458
1914 - 2013
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 1,459
1936 - 2018
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 1,460
1811 - 1871
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 1,461
1986 - Present
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 1,462
1873 - 1950
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 1,463
1981 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 1,464
1823 - 1894
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 1,465
1983 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 1,466
1918 - 1991
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 1,467
1882 - 1967
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 1,468
1980 - 2013
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 1,469
Among athletes born in Spain, Francisco Villota ranks 1. After 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).
1873 - 1950
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 1
1952 - 2020
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 2
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 3
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 4
1987 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 5
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 6
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 7
1966 - Present
HPI: 37.56
Rank: 8
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 9
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.53
Rank: 10
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.97
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 35.47
Rank: 12