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Mexican-American freestyle skier
"Robby Franco" redirects here. Not to be confused with
Robert Franco.
Robert "Robby" Franco (born August 23, 1993) is a Mexican-American
freestyle skier. He competed for the
United States of America in the 2015
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, and for
Mexico in the 2017 championships.
He represented Mexico in the
2018 Winter Olympics.
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Early life
Franco was born in
San Jose, California to an American mother and a Mexican father from
Guadalajara.
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Career
2018 Winter Olympics
He was one of several skiers hoping to make the
Mexican squad for the
2018 Olympics, alongside alpinists
Rodolfo Dickson,
Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg,
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Sarah Schleper,
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Sandra Hillen in snowboard.
[8] He qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics, alongside alpinists
Rodolfo Dickson and
Sarah Schleper, and cross-country skier
Germán Madrazo.
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References
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"Robby Franco". USSA - US Ski Team. 2015.
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^ Saúl Trujano (January 10, 2018).
"Tres atletas representarán a México en Pyeongchang 2018". Adrenalina (in Spanish). Excelsior.
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"Freestyle Skiing — ATHLETE PROFILE: Robert FRANCO". PyeongChang 2018. Olympic.org. 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
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"Athlete profile - Robert Franco". pyeongchang2018.com. 2018. Archived from
the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
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^ Calle, Jenifer (February 14, 2018).
"Robby Franco was Born in the U.S. but He's Representing Mexico in a Big Way this Winter Olympic". Latina. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
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^ Tik Root (March 6, 2015).
"Mariachi Man: Prince Hubertus and the Mexican ski team he helped create". Sports Illustrated.
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"Tres mexicanos acudirán a Pyeongchang 2018" (in Spanish). Esportes.MX. May 18, 2017. Archived from
the original on February 17, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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^ Carlos Alberto Cruz (February 23, 2017).
"México con cuatro o cinco atletas a Pyeongchang 2018" (in Spanish). El Big Data.
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^ Luis Gomez (February 9, 2018).
"How to root for Team Mexico in the 2018 Winter Olympics". San Diego Union-Tribune.
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^ Abigail Parra (February 7, 2018).
"Delegación mexicana en PyeonChang 2018, la más grande desde 1992" (in Spanish). mediotiempo.
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