Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Francisco Fernández Ochoa was born on February 25, 1950. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About 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 school. Paquito raced in all of the alpine disciplines and specialized in slalom. At the age of 21, he won an Olympic gold medal in the slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. He is known for being the first Spaniard to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. His sister Blanca earned Spain its second medal at the Winter Olympics, 20 years after…