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Roberto Canessa
Uruguayan rugby union footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta (born 17 January 1953) is a Uruguayan pediatric cardiologist, motivational speaker and former rugby player. He is one of the 16 survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972.[1] He was portrayed by Josh Hamilton in the 1993 feature film Alive and by Argentine actor Matías Recalt in the 2023 Spanish feature film Society of the Snow.[2]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Canessa and the second or maternal family name is Urta.
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Born | Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta (1953-01-17) 17 January 1953 (age 71) Montevideo, Uruguay |
Alma mater | University of the Republic |
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Laura Surraco (m. 1976) |
Children | 3 |
Website | robertocanessa |
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