Spain at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...
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Medalists

Francisco Fernández Ochoa Francisco "Paquito" Fernández Ochoa (25 February 1950 – 6 November 2006) was a World Cup alpine ski racer from Spain. Born in Madrid and raised north of the city in Cercedilla, he was the eldest of eight children whose father ran a ski schoo ...
won the first ever Winter Games medal for Spain.


Alpine skiing

;Men ;Men's slalom ;Women


References


Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database

Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com
Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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