Back Pedro Pidal AST Pedro José Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós German Pedro Pidal Spanish Pedro Pidals Latvian/Lettish
The Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias | |
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 Pictured in 1918 | |
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| Born | Pedro José Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós 2 November 1870 Somió, Spain |
| Died | 17 November 1941 (aged 71) Gijón, Spain |
| Spouse | Jacoba Guilhou y Georgeault
(m. 1892) |
| Children | 5 |
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Representing  Spain
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1900 Paris | Individual competition |
Pedro José Pidal y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1st Marquess of Villaviciosa de Asturias, MP (2 November 1870 – 17 November 1941) was a Spanish peer, politician, mountaineer, writer, famed hunter and Olympic medalist. A visionary in the field of conservationism, he engineered the creation of Picos de Europa National Park in 1918 and was the first person to reach the summit of Naranjo de Bulnes, in 1904.[1]
Pidal took second place in pigeon shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics, an event now considered unofficial (the IOC has never decided which events were "Olympic" and which were not).[2] As a politician, he was a member of parliament for Belmonte de Miranda and Luarca, and was made senator for life in 1914.[3]
- ^ "110º aniversario de la primera ascensión al Naranjo de Bulnes". Desnivel.com (in Spanish). Desnivel. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ Lennartz, Karl; Teutenberg, Walter (1995). Olympische Spiele 1900 in Paris. Kassel, Germany: Agon-Sportverlag. p. 147. ISBN 3-928562-20-7.
In many works, it is read that the IOC later met to decide which events were Olympic and which were not. This is not correct and no decision has ever been made. No discussion of this item can be found in the account of any Session.
- ^ Priego (2017). p. 47