Robert "Robby" Franco (born August 23, 1993) is a Mexican-American

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

. He competed for the

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in the 2015

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, and for

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in the 2017 championships. He represented Mexico in the

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Early life

Franco was born in

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to an American mother and a Mexican father from

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...

Career

2018 Winter Olympics

He was one of several skiers hoping to make the Mexican squad for the

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, alongside alpinists

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 ...

Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hubertus Rudolph zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (born 2 February 1959; ), commonly known as Hubertus von Hohenlohe, is a Mexican alpine skier, photographer, and businessman. He was previously a pop singer using the names Andy Himalaya and Royal Disaster. ...

Sarah Schleper Sarah Schleper (born February 19, 1979, in Glenwood Springs, Colorado), also known as Sarah Schleper de Gaxiola, is former American, now Mexican alpine skier with dual Mexican citizenship via her marriage to a Mexican citizen, whose career st ...

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in snowboard. He qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics, alongside alpinists

and

, and cross-country skier

Germán Madrazo Germán Madrazo Baca (born 15 September 1974) is a businessman and Mexican cross-country skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Madrazo is the owner of The Valley Running Company in McAllen, Texas, where he resides. 2018 Winter Olympics ...

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* 1993 births Living people American male freestyle skiers Mexican male freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for Mexico Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics American sportspeople of Mexican descent Sportspeople from San Jose, California {{US-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub