Julio García Fernández de los Ríos
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Reinosa Reinosa is a municipality in Cantabria, Spain. , it has 10,307 inhabitants. The municipality, one of the smallest by land area in Cantabria, is notable for being one of the nearest towns to the headwaters of the Ebro River. It is surrounded by th ...

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

– 29 July 1969 in

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) was a Spanish

horse rider Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting. This broad description includes the ...

. He competed 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 ...

. García won the gold medal as part of the Spanish team in the team jumping with his horse ''Revistade'' after finishing twelfth in the individual jumping, being the first Cantabrian medallist ever. He was president and president of honor of the Spanish Equestrian Federation.

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1894 births 1969 deaths People from Reinosa Sportspeople from Cantabria Spanish male equestrians Spanish show jumping riders Equestrians at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Spain Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{Spain-equestrian-bio-stub