Luis Subercaseaux
Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox ambassador Luis Subercaseaux Errázuriz (10 May 1882 – 1973Script error: No such module "Unsubst".) was a Chilean diplomat and athlete. He is claimed to be the first Chilean and Latin American sportsman to have competed in the Olympic Games, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1]
Biography
Born in Santiago, he was the second son of Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña, a career diplomat, Ambassador of Chile to the Holy See for more than two decades, and Amalia Errázuriz Urmeneta, writer and author of the book "Rome of the spirit". Both his parents were members of well-known and well-off families. Luis Subercaseaux Errázuriz was the brother of Juan Subercaseaux, a Roman Catholic archbishop.
According to the Comité Olímpico de Chile, Luis Subercaseaux Errázuriz competed at the age of 13 in the 100, 400 and 800 metres.[1] Many Olympic historians dispute this claim and maintain that, although he was entered in these events, he did not take part in any race.[2] The International Olympic Committee website lists him as a non-starter in the 100 metres[3] and the 800 metres,[4] and does not list him in the 400 metres.[5] An appraisal of a famous photo of series 2 of the 100 meters sprint, performed by facial recognition experts of the Chilean forensic police, concluded that Subercaseaux was one of the participants.[6]
During this period in his life, he studied at the Colegio Benedictino located in the Basque Provinces of France, where he kept his record on the high jump. He was also one of the founding members of the Chilean football team Club de Deportes Santiago Morning and a successful football player.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Through 1928 he was ambassador of Chile in Peru, Spain and the Vatican, in addition to being an attendant of Chilean business in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Yugoslavia from the consular office in London.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
A memorial to Subercaseaux stands in the entrance of the Chilean Olympic Museum.[1]
See also
- Subercaseaux – Chilean family of French descent
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