Mauricio Codocea
08/07/2021 4:33 AM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 08/07/2021 4:37 AM
Against Brazil, for the bronze medal. In five sets. To make history. The matches are added one after the other. The protagonists share not only the deeds, but also the blood. Facundo Conte won the bronze medal in Tokyo 2020 after his father, Hugo, did the same 33 years before, in Seoul 1988. And thus they became not only select members and idols of the Argentine volleyball team, but also in
the first father-son pair in Argentine sports history to each hang an Olympic medal.
In the vast Olympic history, of course, there were many parents and children who competed in the event of the five rings.
Many, even, in the same edition of the Olympic Games, such as the Swedish shooters, pioneers in this,
Oscar and Alfred Swahn
, who shared three events between 1912 and 1924.
There are those who, separated in time, like the Conte, won medals, like paddlers
Jack Kelly
(gold in 1920) and
Jack Jr.
(bronze in 1956).
Also those who won the same competition, such as
Charles Jenkins and his son, named in the same way
, who were consecrated in the 4x100 post in 1956 and 1988, respectively.
Yes, there are other relatives who have competed for the country and who have achieved important things.
Enrique Conrado Sieburger and Julio Sieburger
(brothers) shared with
Enrique Adolfo
(son of the first) the crew of the R 6 meter class that was silver in London 1948.
Facundo and Hugo Conte in the pre-Olympic of 2012. Photo Reuters
The same feat was achieved by several players in field hockey.
Also in London, but in 2012, among the Lionesses who took the silver medal were
Josefina and Daniela Sruoga.
In Rio 2016 it was the turn of the men, who had not just one but two pairs:
Lucas and Matías Rey
and
Pedro and Isidoro Ibarra
, who hung eternal gold against Belgium.
And the most recent antecedent, of course, of a podium linked by the blood tie took place just hours before Conte broke it against Brazil.
It was again courtesy of the Leonas, who had
María José and Victoria Granatto on the team.
Going back to international competitors, there was even a case of
three generations of medalists: the Germans Keller
.
Erwin won silver in 1936, his son Carsten the gold in 1972 and his grandson, Andreas, the gold in Barcelona 1992 with the hockey team.
Will we have to wait for a
Little Heir
?
There is time for that.
For now,
Hugo and Facundo have already done enough.
Hugo and Facundo Conte, in a Clarín production in 2007. Photo archive Clarín.
The coach and his son, another particular case
Marcelo Méndez
, the
coach
of the volleyball team, lives a very particular case that is binding on the Conte.
On the campus he
directs his very son, Nicolás
.
Although a caveat must be made in this case:
the coaches do not win a medal at the Olympic Games
, so it cannot be said that they have completed the feat "on paper."
The same happened with the
Retegui
,
Carlos
el Chapa
and his daughter
Micaela
, who won the silver medal this Friday morning after losing with the Netherlands 3 to 1.
Look also
Tokyo 2020: Argentina beat Brazil a great game, made history and won the bronze medal
The Lionesses could not with the Netherlands, but they take a silver that is worth gold
