Horatio Tertuliano Torromé, also credited as Henri Torromé, (1861 – 16 September 1920) was a British

British Empire

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 figure skater who also competed for Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

. He was born in Rio de Janeiro

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, Brazil

Brazil

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 and died in Willesden

Willesden

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, Greater London

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.

He represented Argentina at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the 1908 Summer Olympics

One athlete from Argentina competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.It was the second appearance of the nation, as another Argentinian athlete had previously competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.-Figure skating:...

, 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

Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's individual

Sweden's Ulrich Salchow, who had won several World Figure Skating Championships, easily won the gold medal after his main rival, Russia's Nikolai Panin, withdrew in protest over what he considered unfair judging.-Results:Referee: Herbert G. Fowler...

, placing last of the 7 skaters who finished competition.

Torromé also served as a judge for the pairs competition at the same Games.