MEET THE MOST interesting Winter Olympian around, Hubertus von Hohenlohe (officially, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg).
He’s a 55-year-old Mexican alpine skier who, having made his winter Olympic debut in Sarajevo in 1984, will be one of the oldest competitors at Sochi next month.
He is also many, many other things. Including, but not limited to:
A German prince
A descendant of both the Italian family that founded Fiat and a Spanish explorer who hit it big in Mexico
A pop musician who released records under the pseudonym Andy Himalaya
A friend of Andy Warhol, whom he met at Studio 54
A professional photographer
Sochi will be his sixth time representing Mexico in the Olympics, even though, in this interview with Time magazine he admits he only spends a few weeks there each time. He’s Mexico’s only Olympic skier.
Von Hohenlohe was born in Mexico City when his dad was running a Volkswagen factory there, but grew up in Spain. He went to college in Austria, where he got into competitive skiing, and also has citizenship in Liechtenstein.
Mexico's Olympic skier is a German prince turned pop star with an awesome name
MEET THE MOST interesting Winter Olympian around, Hubertus von Hohenlohe (officially, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg).
He’s a 55-year-old Mexican alpine skier who, having made his winter Olympic debut in Sarajevo in 1984, will be one of the oldest competitors at Sochi next month.
He is also many, many other things. Including, but not limited to:
Sochi will be his sixth time representing Mexico in the Olympics, even though, in this interview with Time magazine he admits he only spends a few weeks there each time. He’s Mexico’s only Olympic skier.
Von Hohenlohe was born in Mexico City when his dad was running a Volkswagen factory there, but grew up in Spain. He went to college in Austria, where he got into competitive skiing, and also has citizenship in Liechtenstein.
However, he describes his identity as “Latin”, telling Time:
“My look is not very German. People think I’m from Argentina, or, I don’t know, Italy. But they don’t think I’m from Germany and Austria.”
Naturally, this is how he’ll dress on the downhill run at Sochi:
Credit: @NBCOlympics
Here’s the smash hit, I want pop, from his back catalogue. Stunning.
YouTube credit: Polaroidpmusic
But here he is doing what he does best at the Vancouver Olympics.
Go get ‘em, Hubes!
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