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Horatio Torromé

Horatio Torromé
Personal information
Full name Horatio Tertuliano Torromé
Alternative names Henri Torromé
Country represented  Argentina
 United Kingdom
Born 1861
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died 16 September 1920 (aged 58–59)
Willesden, Greater London
Skating club Prince's Skating Club, GBR

Horatio Tertuliano Torromé, also credited as Henri Torromé, (1861 – 16 September 1920) was a British figure skater who also competed for Argentina. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and died in Willesden, Greater London.

Torromé was born to an Argentine father and an Brazilian mother, and not long after his birth the family emigrated to London, England, this is where Torromé took up ice skating at his local club which was the Prince's Skating Club in Knightsbridge, London. Torromé competed at the 1902 World Figure Skating Championships in London and he finished in fourth place out of four starters, in 1905 and 1906 he came first at the British Figure Skating Championships.

Although Torromé qualified to represent Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he opted to compete for his fathers home country and so becoming the only representative for Argentina at the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain. He scored 228.9 points in the men's individual competition, placing last of the 7 skaters who finished competition. Torromé also served as a judge for the pairs competition at the same Games, he would continue to be an active judge and was a part of the judging team for the 1912 World Figure Skating Championships.


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