Guillermo Hayden Wright (February 12, 1872 – 1949), or more accurately, William Hayden Wright, was an American

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player in the

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. He was part of the Mexican polo team that won the bronze medal, alongside brothers Eustaquio, Manuel and Pablo Escandón. That year's

tournament had five teams competing, most with mixed nationalities, they were the Bagatelle Polo Club de Paris,

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, Compiégne Polo Club, the eventual winners

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and the Mexican team (the only one without a team name). Despite losing their only game against the BLO Polo Club Rugby, they were tied with the Bagatelle Polo Club de Paris, and as the rules didn't stipulate a

third place playoff A third place match, game for third place, bronze medal game or consolation game is a single match that is included in many sporting knockout tournaments to decide which competitor or team will be credited with finishing third and fourth. The tea ...

, they were both awarded the third place, however, their bronze medal was not recognized until time later, as back then, the winners received a silver medal instead of the actual gold and it was the second place the one that received bronze, but when current rules were established, previous results were updated and the medals were officially awarded.
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Guillermo Hayden Wright at databaseOlympics.com"Mexico's first Olympic medal"
(In Spanish) 1872 births 1949 deaths Mexican people of English descent Mexican polo players Polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic polo players for Mexico Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in polo American emigrants to Mexico {{Polo-bio-stub