Hubertus von Hohenlohe

Hubertus Rudolph Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (born 2 February 1959; ), commonly known as Hubertus von Hohenlohe, is a Mexican alpine skier, photographer, and businessman. He was previously a pop singer using the names Andy Himalaya and Royal Disaster. He is descended from the former ruling family of the historic principality of Hohenlohe-Langenburg in what is now northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Life and family He is the second son of Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Ira von Fürstenberg. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico, where his father ran a Volkswagen factory. His maternal grandparents were Tassilo, Prince of Fürstenberg (1903–1987) and Clara Agnelli, and his maternal great-grandparents were Karl Emil, Prince of Fürstenberg (1867–1945) and the Hungarian Countess Maria Mathilde Georgina Festetics de Tolna (24 May 1881 – 2 March 1953). His grandmother is half Mexican.

He lived in Mexico for the first four years of his life and then moved to Spain. He later studied in Austria and his main residence was in Vienna, where he worked as a photographer and artist. Although he has Mexican nationality, which makes him eligible to compete for Mexico, he only spends a few weeks per year there. He is fluent in several languages and grew up in Europe, mainly Austria.

He had a brother named Christoph (1956–2006) and has two half-sisters, Arriana Theresa, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 1975) and Désirée, Countess d'Ursel (b. 1980). Max von Hohenlohe, who competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics, was his uncle, and Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 19th Duke of Medinaceli, was his first cousin.

He acted as co-producer for Yello and Shirley Bassey's 1987 collaborative single "The Rhythm Divine". He has work on display with the Art of the Olympians. He hosts the travel show Hubertusjagd on Redbull TV.

On 17 June 2019 in Vaduz, he married Simona Gandolfi, cousin of the Italian skier Alberto Tomba. He currently resides in Liechtenstein, of which he is also a citizen.

Sports career The athletes from Mexico entering the stadium at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Hohenlohe founded the Mexican Ski Federation in 1981. He first skied for Mexico at a Winter Olympics at the 1984 games in Sarajevo, and he managed to finish 26th in slalom. After the 1984 Winter Olympics, Hohenlohe managed to participate in 1988, 1992, and 1994 Games. He qualified for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, but the Mexican Olympic Committee decided not to send a one-man team to the Winter Games that year.

Hohenlohe has stated that the only reason why he continues to participate is because it seems that the "exotic skiers" (those from countries without a tradition in winter sports) are disappearing, and that he wants to keep that tradition alive.

He came back to competition in 2009 and competed in his 12th World Championship, the 2009 Alpine Skiing World Championships.

He was the sole athlete in the Mexican team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He participated in two alpine skiing disciplines, the Men's Giant Slalom (78th) and the Men's Slalom (46th). At 51, he was the oldest athlete at the games. He also competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where he was Mexico's sole athlete again. He participated in slalom but did not finish after a fall during the first run.

In 2015, he was joined by Sarah Schleper on the Mexican ski team, doubling its size, Another two hopes for Alpine Mexico, aside from Hubertus, and Schleper, are Rodolfo Dickson and Jocelyn McGillivray. Additionally, three more hope to represent Mexico, Robby Franco in freestyle skiing, Sandra Hillen in snowboard and Germán Madrazo in Cross-country skiing. He failed to qualify for the 2018 Olympics, but designed the race suits for the Mexican alpine skiers.

World Championships results Hohenlohe participated at 21 editions of FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, from Schladming 1982 to FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2025, from the age of 23 up to 66. Year Age Slalom GiantSlalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1982 23 26 37 41 47 1985 26 26 40 28 1987 28 34 56 50 46 1989 30 26 51 63 35 1991 32 46 56 51 1993 34 42 42 41 1996 37 42 73 68 42 1997 38 41 62 1999 40 DNF 2001 42 55 2003 44 60 76 2005 46 60 38 2009 50 62 DNS2 (QUAL) 2011 52 69 DNS2 (QUAL) 2013 54 DSQ1 (QUAL) 2015 56 46 78 (QUAL) 2017 58 DSQ DNF (QUAL) 2019 60 76 (QUAL) 100 (QUAL) 2021 62 DNF (QUAL) DNF1 2023 64 67 (QUAL) DNF1 2025 66 TBD 83 (QUAL)

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