José Álvarez de las Asturias Bohórquez y Goyeneche, 10th Marquess of Trujillos (23 March 1895 – 27 February 1993) was a Spanish

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. Álvarez de Bohórquez competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and won the team jumping gold medal in the 1928 Summer Olympics. His name is also shortened to José Álvarez de Bohórquez, José Á. de Bohórquez, or José Álvarez.

Biography

José Álvarez de Bohórquez was born on 23 March 1895, in

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, he finished ninth in the individual jumping and placed eighth as part of the Spanish team in the team jumping with his horse Acabado.MDC 2000, cited. In the 1928 Summer Olympics in

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he finished tenth in the individual jumping and won the gold medal as part of the Spanish team in the team jumping with his horse Zalamero. Álvarez de Bohórquez died on 27 February 1993.

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