Ignacio Romo Porchas (July 17, 1924 – March 11, 2007) played for the Mexico national basketball team in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. [1]
He was born in Guaymas, Sonora, but moved to Mexicali at age five and subsequently lived in Tijuana. [2] He died in Calexico, California, United States.
Romo was a member of the first class of inductees into the Mexicali Salón de la Fama de Deportes (Mexicali Sports Hall of Fame) in Mexicali, Baja California.
References
- ^ Official Report of the 1948 Olympics Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on January 20, 2008.
- ^ Gómez Torres, Jorge (27 July 2012). "De Baja California grandes deportistas en la historia de los Juegos Olímpicos". Zona Líder (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
External links
- Ignacio Romo Porchas at FIBA
- Ignacio Romo Porchas at Basketball-Reference.com
- Ignacio Romo Porchas at Olympedia
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- 1924 births
- 2007 deaths
- Mexican men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for Mexico
- Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Sonora
- People from Guaymas
- Basketball players from Baja California
- Sportspeople from Mexicali
- Sportspeople from Tijuana
- Mexican basketball biography stubs
Ignacio Romo Porchas (July 17, 1924 – March 11, 2007) played for the Mexico national basketball team in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. [1]
He was born in Guaymas, Sonora, but moved to Mexicali at age five and subsequently lived in Tijuana. [2] He died in Calexico, California, United States.
Romo was a member of the first class of inductees into the Mexicali Salón de la Fama de Deportes (Mexicali Sports Hall of Fame) in Mexicali, Baja California.
References
- ^ Official Report of the 1948 Olympics Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on January 20, 2008.
- ^ Gómez Torres, Jorge (27 July 2012). "De Baja California grandes deportistas en la historia de los Juegos Olímpicos". Zona Líder (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
External links
- Ignacio Romo Porchas at FIBA
- Ignacio Romo Porchas at Basketball-Reference.com
- Ignacio Romo Porchas at Olympedia
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| This biographical article relating to a Mexican basketball figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1924 births
- 2007 deaths
- Mexican men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for Mexico
- Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Sonora
- People from Guaymas
- Basketball players from Baja California
- Sportspeople from Mexicali
- Sportspeople from Tijuana
- Mexican basketball biography stubs