Mexico at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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| NOC = MEX
| NOCname = Mexican Olympic Committee
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 2010
| flagcaption =
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| website = {{url|www.com.org.mx}} {{in lang|es}}
| location = Vancouver
| competitors = 1
| sports = 1
| flagbearer = Hubertus von Hohenlohe
| rank =
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1928
| app_end_year =
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Mexico participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, after not having any competitors in the 2006 competition. Mexico first competed in the Winter Olympics in 1928, but then not again until 1984. No Mexican athlete has yet won a medal in the Winter Olympics.
Alpine skiing
{{Main|Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}
Hubertus von Hohenlohe represented Mexico in the men's slalom.{{cite web |url=http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n1463885.htm |title=Hohenlohen vendrá a México |first=Rosalinda |last=Coronado |language=Spanish |date=4 January 2010 |accessdate=4 January 2009 |archive-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009073413/http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n1463885.htm |url-status=dead }} Hohenlohe previously competed in 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.hubertushohenlohe.com/sport/index.html |title=Hubertus von Hohenlohe - Mexico Ski Team |accessdate=4 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317130218/http://www.hubertushohenlohe.com/sport/index.html |archivedate=17 March 2010 }} A descendant of German and Austrian royalty, and also Mexican nobility on his father's maternal side,{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1963932,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215235919/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1963932,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 15, 2010 | work=Time | title=Why Is a German Prince Skiing For Mexico? | date=13 February 2010}} he founded Mexico's skiing federation in 1981.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/14/sports/14iht-ski.html |title=Alpine skiing: It's no snow job - Mexico has a team |newspaper=New York Times |first=Mark |last=Ledsom |date=15 January 2005 |accessdate=4 January 2010}} He qualified for the 2006 Olympics, but Mexico decided not to participate because no other Mexicans had qualified. He has competed in 12 alpine world championships. Hohenlohe broke his leg in 2007, forcing him to miss a record 13th world championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=2745869&type=story |title=Alpine skiing-Crash ends Mexican prince's championships dream |publisher=ESPN |first=Mark |last=Ledsom |date=28 January 2007 |access-date=4 January 2010}} At the time of the competition, Hohenlohe was 51 years old.{{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/fr/605/614.html?sector=AL&competitorid=64624&type=result |title=Von Hohenlohe, Hubertus |publisher=International Ski Federation |accessdate=5 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019222807/http://www.fis-ski.com/fr/605/614.html?sector=AL&competitorid=64624&type=result |archivedate=19 October 2012 }}{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401E0D8123FF937A35751C0A9619C8B63 |title=Winter Sports; Bulgaria Embraces a Rejected Austrian |newspaper=New York Times |first=Nathaniel |last=Vinton |date=4 February 2009 |accessdate=5 January 2010}}
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| Athlete
!Event !Run 1 !Run 2 !Total !Rank |
|---|
| rowspan=2|Hubertus von Hohenlohe
|align="center"|Men's slalom |align="center"|1:05.69 |align="center"|1:02.09 |align="center"|2:07.78 |align="center"|46 |
| align="center"|Men's giant slalom
|align="center"|1:34.50 |align="center"|1:36.97 |align="center"|3:11.47 |align="center"|78 |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.nbcolympics.com/nations/nation=mex/index.html Mexico] at [http://www.nbcolympics/com NBC Olympics]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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