Darío Villalba Flórez (22 February 1939 – 16 June 2018)[1][2] was a Spanish painter, photographer, and competitive figure skater.
Darío Villalba Flórez was born on 22 February 1939 in San Sebastián.
[3] He began skating at age 11 in Philadelphia, where his father was serving as the Spanish consul.
[5] As the only rink in Spain was small and of poor quality, his parents sent him to Chamonix, France, where he was taught by a German coach, Thea Frenssen.
[4] At the age of 16, he represented Spain at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.