José Eustaquio Luis Francisco Escandón y Barrón (January 25, 1862 – December 22, 1933) was a Mexican

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player in the

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with the team that won the bronze medal. He was born in

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, in to a very wealthy family who were in the wool industry, he had four sisters and three brothers, two of the brothers were

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and Pablo, who would compete with him at the

. In 1900 he was part of the Mexican polo team which won the bronze medal. He played together with his two brothers and

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. That year's

tournament had five teams competing, most with mixed nationalities, they were the

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, BLO Polo Club Rugby, Compiégne Polo Club, the eventual winners Foxhunters Hurlingham and the Mexican team (the only one without a team name). Despite losing their only game against the BLO Polo Club Rugby, they were tied with the Bagatelle Polo Club de Paris, and as the rules didn't stipulate a

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, they were both awarded the third place, however, their bronze medal was not recognized until time later, as back then, the winners received a silver medal instead of the actual gold and it was the second place the one that received bronze, but when current rules were established, previous results were updated and the medals were officially awarde

Escandón was twice married first time in 1884 in

, and after his wife died in 1910 he remarried in 1911 in London.

References

External links

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first Olympic medal
(In Spanish)
Eustaquio Escandón's profile at Geneanet
{{DEFAULTSORT:Escandon, Eustaquio 1862 births 1933 deaths Mexican people of Spanish descent Olympic polo players for Mexico Mexican polo players Polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Paris Olympic medalists in polo French emigrants Immigrants to Mexico