José María Yermo Solaegui (21 June 1903 – 21 October 1960) was a Spanish

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

who participated in football, cycling and athletics during the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in

Getxo Getxo () is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, and has 77,946 inhabitants (2019). Getxo is mostly an affluent residential area, as well as being the ...

.José Maria Yermo's profile at Sports Reference.com
/ref> He was first noted as an athlete and held the Spanish record for

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and

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

. At the 1923 edition of the

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, he achieved a silver medal in the triple jump event, while he got silver in the

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and bronze in the

and

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

, and silvers in high jump and triple jump in

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. As an athlete he defended the colours of

Arenas Club de Getxo Arenas Club de Getxo is a Spanish football club based in the town of Getxo, near Bilbao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1909, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at Campo Mu ...

, with whom he also played in the football team as a

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. He played five times in the

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and participated in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

, scoring three goals in the first round match that Spain won against Mexico 7–1.David Wallechinsky, The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Athens 2004 He was also twice vice-champion of the Spanish Cup (

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) with Arenas Club in 1925 and 1927. He retired from football in 1935. Yermo was also a cyclist, participating in a World Championship and the Amsterdam

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in 1928.

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Enciclopedia Auñamendi. José María Yermo
1903 births 1960 deaths Spanish male cyclists Spanish men's footballers Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Spain Olympic footballers for Spain Footballers from Getxo Arenas Club de Getxo footballers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Cyclists from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Spanish male long jumpers Spanish male triple jumpers Spain men's international footballers Athletes from the Basque Country (autonomous community) {{Spain-sport-bio-stub