Francisco Santos (artist)
Francisco José Ribeiro Lopes dos Santos , mainly known as Francisco Santos (born May 17, 1962 in Luanda , Angola ), is an Angolan-Portuguese artist. He is known as a swimmer under the name of Francisco Lopes Santos , as a visual artist under Xesko , as a poet under Elias Karipande , as a fantasy and science fiction author under Alan J. Banta . He publishes in English and Portuguese .
As an athlete , he represented Angola in swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics (men 100 m chest and men 4 × 100 m individual relay).
He also represented his country in other international games, including the 1978 Pan-African Games in Algiers , the Seventh USSR Summer Spartakiad in Moscow in 1979 and the Summer Universiade in Mexico City in 1979.
Web links
- Francisco Santos, Official site (English)
- Francisco Lopes dos Santos in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official Olympic Reports (English)
- Official Olympic Reports - Moscow 1980 (English; PDF; 28.9 MB)
- Babele Arte (English)
- modelmayhem.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ A true picture of Angola?
- ↑ African Success, Online Magazine ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Men 100 m chest, XXII Olympic Summer Games results ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Men's 4 x 100 m individual relay relay, XXII Olympic Summer Games results ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
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| SURNAME | Santos, Francisco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Santos Lopes, Francisco José Ribeiro dos (full name); Lopes Santos, Francisco; Xesko; Karipande, Elias; Banta, Alan J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Angolan-Portuguese artist and swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th May 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luanda , Angola |