In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Canessa and the second or maternal family name is Urta.
Roberto Canessa
Roberto Canessa in 2010
Born
Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta
(1953-01-17) 17 January 1953 (age 71)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Alma mater
University of the Republic
Occupations
Pediatric cardiologist
Motivational speaker
Lecturer
Spouse
Laura Surraco
(m. 1976)
Children
3
Website
robertocanessa.com
Parrado (left) and Canessa with Chilean Huaso Sergio Catalan
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]
^Ramon, Por Paula (4 January 2024). "Roberto Canessa, sobreviviente de la tragedia de los Andes: "Tenés que hacer tu propia agua y comerte a los muertos porque si no te morís"". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^"Memorable: La sociedad de la nieve es la película definitiva sobre la Tragedia de los Andes". LA NACION (in Spanish). 14 December 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta (born 17 January 1953) is a Uruguayan pediatric cardiologist, motivational speaker and former rugby player. He is one of the...
would die if they did not seek help, two survivors, Nando Parrado and RobertoCanessa, set out across the mountains on December 12. Using only materials...
trapped in the mountains with the other crash survivors, he, along with RobertoCanessa, climbed through the Andes mountains over a 10-day period to find help...
Abal, who died during the accident. He was a Catholic. Numa Turcatti RobertoCanessa Carlos Páez Rodríguez Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors "Falleció...
escape the mountains. Enzo Vogrincic as Numa Turcatti Matías Recalt as RobertoCanessa Agustín Pardella as Nando Parrado Tomas Wolf as Gustavo Zerbino Diego...
murmured that he was freezing. Later at dawn, when medicine students RobertoCanessa and Gustavo Zerbino examined the wounded the next morning, they realized...
1972 by Nando Parrado, and shortly thereafter by Antonio Vizintin and RobertoCanessa, survivors from the nearby crash site of Uruguayan Air Force Flight...
not have so much recognition. He was played by actor Enzo Vogrincic. RobertoCanessa Carlos Páez Rodríguez Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 "¿Quién fue y...
Sujarchuk – Puan Luis Bermejo as casero – Un amor Matías Recalt as RobertoCanessa – Society of the Snow Best Supporting Actress Ane Gabarain as Lourdes...
survivors until 72 days after the crash when passengers Nando Parrado and RobertoCanessa, after a 10-day trek across the Andes, found a Chilean huaso, who gave...
(ISBN 978-9500744300) 2014, Ellas 5 2016, Tenía que sobrevivir (with RobertoCanessa) (ISBN 978-1476765471) 2018, El fin de la inocencia 2003: Citi Journalistic...
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and memories became the source of several books and films. Survivor RobertoCanessa described how they "agonized" for days in the knowledge that "the bodies...
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US$225,000 to each deceased passenger's family. During an interview, RobertoCanessa, a member of a Uruguayan rugby team that was travelling to a match...
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of Yosemite Valley John Caius (1510–1573) — physician and educator RobertoCanessa — survivor of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the...
politician Luis Brezzo, politician Diego Cánepa, lawyer and politician RobertoCanessa, medical student and one of the survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight...
Rimini". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 9 May 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023. Canessa, Fabio (12 December 2023). "Andrea Arru alle Iene per dare voce ai ragazzi"...
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