Prince Hubertus Of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
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Hubertus Rudolph zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (born 2 February 1959; ), commonly known as Hubertus von Hohenlohe, is a Mexican
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, photographer, and businessman. He was previously a pop singer using the names Andy Himalaya and Royal Disaster. He is descended from the royal family of the historic principality of
Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hohenlohe-Langenburg () was a German county and later principality in the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the current northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Langenburg. Since the medieval times this small state was ruled by the Hou ...
in what is now northeastern
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, Germany.


Life and family

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Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hohenlohe-Langenburg () was a German county and later principality in the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the current northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Langenburg. Since the medieval times this small state was ruled by the Hou ...
was born as the second son of
Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Prince Alfonso Maximiliano Victorio Eugenio Alejandro María Pablo de la Santísima Trinidad y Todos los Santos zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (28 May 1924 – 21 December 2003) was a Spanish businessman known for his promotion of the Spanish resorts of ...
and Princess Ira von Fürstenberg, Hubertus was born in
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, Mexico, where his father ran a
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factory. His maternal grandparents were Tassilo, Prince of Fürstenberg (1903–1987) and Clara Agnelli, and his maternal great-grandparents were Karl Emil, Prince of Fürstenberg (1867–1945) and the Hungarian Countess Maria Mathilde Georgina
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(24 May 1881 – 2 March 1953). His grandmother is half Mexican. He lived in Mexico for the first four years of his life and then moved to Spain. He later studied in Austria and his main residence was in
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, where he works as a photographer and artist. Although he has Mexican nationality, which makes him eligible to compete for Mexico, he only spends a few weeks per year there. He is fluent in several languages and grew up in Europe, mainly
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. He had a brother named
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(1956–2006) and has two half-sisters, Arriana Theresa, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 1975) and Désirée, Countess d'Ursel (b. 1980). He currently resides in
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, of which he is also a citizen. His uncle,
Max von Hohenlohe Prince Maximilian Emanuel Maria Alexander Victor Bruno de la Santísima Trinidad y Todos los Santos zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (6 October 1931 – 1 December 1994) was a Liechtensteiner alpine skier who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics. Persona ...
, competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He was a first cousin of the late
Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 19th Duke of Medinaceli Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 19th Duke of Medinaceli, GE (german: Marco Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg; es, Marco de Hohenlohe-Langenburg y Medina; 8 March 1962 – 19 August 2016), was a German-Spanish nobleman who was head of the duca ...
. He is married to Simona
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, cousin of the famous Italian skier
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. He acted as co-producer for
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and
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's 1987 collaborative single "
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". He has work on display with the
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. He hosts the travel show ''Hubertusjagd'' on Redbull TV.


Sports career

Hohenlohe founded the Mexican Ski Federation in 1981. He first skied for Mexico at a Winter Olympics at the 1984 games in
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, and he managed to finish 26th in slalom. After the 1984 Winter Olympics, Hohenlohe managed to participate in 1988,
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, and
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Games. He qualified for the 2006 Winter Olympics in
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, Italy, but the Mexican Olympic Committee decided not to send a one-man team to the Winter Games that year. Hohenlohe has stated that the only reason why he continues to participate is because it seems that the "exotic skiers" (those from countries without a tradition in winter sports) are disappearing, and that he wants to keep that tradition alive. Since 1982, he has participated in 15 World Championships and set a World Record. Hohenlohe was expected to retire following the
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, after breaking his leg during a World Cup slalom race on January 28, 2007, eliminating him from the competition in Åre. He came back to competition in 2009 and competed in his 12th World Championship, the
2009 Alpine Skiing World Championships The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 were the 40th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 2–15 February in France at Val-d'Isère, Savoie. The International Ski Federation (FIS) awarded the championships to Val-d'Isère on 2 June ...
. He was the sole athlete in the Mexican team at the
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. He participated in two alpine skiing disciplines, the Men's Giant Slalom (78th) and the Men's Slalom (46th). At 51, he was the oldest athlete at the games. He also competed at the
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, where he was Mexico's sole athlete again. He participated in slalom but did not finish after a fall during the first run. In 2015, he was joined by
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on the Mexican ski team, doubling its size, at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships of that year. Hohenlohe, affectionately called ''El Príncipe'', mooted retiring for 2017, but instead decided to qualify for the
2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...
. Another two hopes for
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, aside from Hubertus, and Schleper, are
Rodolfo Dickson Rodolfo "Rudy" Roberto Dickson Sommers (born 11 July 1997) is a male Mexican Canadians, Mexican Canadian alpine skier representing Mexico. He was the first Mexican to win an international ski race, winning in Super-G in January 2015. Personal ...
and Jocelyn McGillivray. Additionally, three more hope to represent Mexico, Robby Franco in freestyle skiing,
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in snowboard and
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in Cross-country skiing. He failed to qualify for the 2018 Olympics, but designed the race suits for the Mexican alpine skiers.


World Championships results

Hohenlohe participated at 19 editions of
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, from Schladming 1982 to
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, from the age of 23 up to 62.


Ancestry


References

Notes


External links

*
Hubertus Hohenlohe's home page/music site
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