Patrick Alexandre Ernst Loliger Salas (born June 20, 1985) is a Mexican rower who competed at the

2008 Beijing Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

and the

2012 London Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Loliger was born in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

. He is the second child of Rolf Loliger (Swiss) and Angelica Salas (Mexican). He grew up in a very family-oriented environment, and began practicing sports at Real Club España. He has a degree in International Business from Tecnológico de Monterrey (Campus Ciudad de Mexico. Loliger has earned a handful of medals in regattas all around the world, including the Ratzeburger and Wedau Regattas in

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, the Gent in

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, the Paolo D Aloja in

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, and most recently, he became the first Mexican rower to win a medal at the World University Championship in Kazan, Russia. He earned two medals at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

in Guadalajara, and his biggest achievement took place in

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later than year when he beat his biggest competitor and role model, Santiago Fernández, who placed 4th in the 2005 Athens Summer Olympics.

Exatlón México

Loliger participo en el reality show de TV Azteca Exatlón México en su 2da edición conducida por Antonio Rosique dando cede en República Dominicana, empezando para el atleta olimpico el 13 de agosto del 2018 y terminando mediante un duelo de eliminación el 14 de enero del 2019, Patrick obtuvo un 10° lugar general y 6° varonil además de conseguir 1 presea y un rendimiento de más del 45% de effectividad. Patrick Loliger "Mexiperro" regreso 2 años después a la competencia deportiva más demandante de la televisión mexicana Exatlón México Titanes vs Héroes en su 4ta temporada, la más grande de su historia. El remero empezó está aventura el 1 de septiembre del 2020 y culminó el 4 de octubre del 2020 logrando un 32° lugar general y 17° varonil.

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