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José de Amézola y Aspizúa
José
de
Amézola y Aspizua
was a
Spanish
Basque
pelotari
who
competed
at the
1900 Summer Olympics
in
Paris, France
.
Amezola
entered
in the only
official
pelota
contest
in
Olympic history
, the
Basque pelota at the 1900 Summer Olympics
two-man teams event. He and his
partner
Francisco Villota
defeated
the
French
team
,
Maurice Durquetty
and
Etchegaray
,
by default
. This was Spain's first
ever
Olympic Medal
.