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Horatio Torromé

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Alternative names
  
Henri Torromé

Full name
  
Horatio Tertuliano Torromé

Country represented
  
Argentina  United Kingdom

Born
  
1861
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Skating club
  
Prince's Skating Club, GBR

Died
  
1920, Willesden, London, United Kingdom

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.

He represented Argentina at the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he was the only competitor for that country. He had nearly competed for the British team instead, having been selected to the UK team. 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.

References

Horatio Torromé Wikipedia