Víctor Borja Explained

Víctor Hugo Borja Morca (18 July 1912 – 8 November 1954)[1] was a Mexican basketball player. He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

Born in Guadalajara, Borja was part of the Mexican basketball team, which won the bronze medal in Berlin. He played all seven matches. Later in life he entered the pharmaceutical business and committed suicide in 1954 after his daughter, a diver, died of an infection.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hugo Borja . 21 January 2021 . Olympedia.
  2. Víctor Borja Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002146/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/hugo-borja-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 10 June 2018.
  3. http://www.deporte.org.mx/biblioteca/MOv2/index2.htm XI JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BERLIN 1936 BRONCE | EQUIPO DE BALONCESTO