Filipe Otheguy (born 18 June 1991) is a French-born Brazilian
basque pelota
Basque pelota (Basque: '' pilota'', Spanish: '' pelota vasca'', French: '' pelote basque'') is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (''frontis or fronton ...
player. Son of a Frenchman and a Brazilian, he competed representing the Brazilian flag at the 2019 and 2023 Pan American Games.
Before competing in the Pan, he participated in editions of World Championships and a World Cup in the sport. His specialty is manual frontón, a competition in which the competitor hits the ball with their hands without using any equipment. To defend Brazil in Basque pelota competitions, he had to apply for a Brazilian passport, a requirement of the Brazilian Olympic Committee.
At the
2019 Pan American Games
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held in Lima, Peru, he won a bronze medal in basque pelota in Individual hand fronton.
At the
2023 Pan American Games
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held in Santiago, Chile, he won a bronze medal in basque pelota in Individual frontball.
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Living people
1991 births
Sportspeople from Biarritz
Pelotaris at the 2019 Pan American Games
Pelotaris at the 2023 Pan American Games
Pan American Games medalists in basque pelota
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
21st-century Brazilian people