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Arturo Gramajo

Argentine bobsledder

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ122958587 ↗
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Jorge Arturo Gramajo Atucha (30 April 1897 – 4 December 1957) was an Argentine bobsledder and food inventor. Born in Buenos Aires, he later lived in Paris, most likely as a diplomat. During that time, he was selected to be part of the Argentine team at the 1928 Winter Olympics in the bobsleigh, placing fourth. He was also credited to the creation of a hash dish named Revuelto Gramajo.

Biography

Jorge Arturo Gramajo Atucha was born on 30 April 1897 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was born to María Adela Atucha and Arturo Gramajo Cárdenas, the mayor of Buenos Aires from 1915 to 1916. Gramajo had three sisters and one brother.

During the 1920s, Gramajo lived in Paris and was most likely a diplomat at the Argentine Embassy. While he lived in Paris, he had a reputation for being a playboy and was acquaintances with people who worked in Hollywood such as actress Ginger Rogers. He eventually married Hollywood dancer Colette Schmidt and had no children.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Arturo Gramajo” is argentine bobsledder. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Arturo, Gramajo and Argentine, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1897, 1957, 1928, 1915—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1897-04-30. For this dossier, Arturo, Gramajo and Argentine is the immediate research focus.
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