Ignacio Romo Porchas

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). Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.


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