Ignacio Romo Porchas

Mexican basketball player

Ignacio Romo Porchas (July 17, 1924 – March 11, 2007) played for the Mexico national basketball team in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[1]

He was born in Guaymas, Sonora, but moved to Mexicali at age five and subsequently lived in Tijuana.[2] He died in Calexico, California, United States.

Romo was a member of the first class of inductees into the Mexicali Salón de la Fama de Deportes (Mexicali Sports Hall of Fame) in Mexicali, Baja California.

References

  1. ^ Official Report of the 1948 Olympics Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on January 20, 2008.
  2. ^ Gómez Torres, Jorge (27 July 2012). "De Baja California grandes deportistas en la historia de los Juegos Olímpicos". Zona Líder (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2022.

External links

  • Ignacio Romo Porchas at FIBAEdit on Wikidata
  • Ignacio Romo Porchas at Basketball-Reference.comEdit on Wikidata
  • Ignacio Romo Porchas at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
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