 Fernandez at the 2015 Pan American Games | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Guatemala | |||||||||||
| Born | 28 December 1995 | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Country | Guatemala | |||||||||||
| Sport | Modern pentathlon | |||||||||||
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Charles Fernandez (born 28 December 1995) is a Guatemalan modern pentathlete.[1] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's event and finished fifteenth.[2] Fernandez won the men's modern pentathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games.[3] He has also won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships.[3] Fernandez has also competed in three World Modern Pentathlon Championships as well as multiple youth and junior world championships and a Central American and Caribbean Games.[3]
Personal life
editCharles Fernandez's dad, Carlos, also competed in the modern pentathlon.[4] Carlos Fernandez competed at the 2014 Modern Pentathlon Masters World Championships in men's over-50 competition.[5]
Competition
editCharles Fernandez's first international competition was in 2012 when he competed at the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne Youth World Championships in Hungary.[3] He finished 27th in the competition.[3] In May 2014 Fernandez competed at the 2014 Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne International Junior Championships in Drzonkow, Poland, finishing 43rd in the individual event.[3] Fernandez's first World Modern Pentathlon Championships was the 2014 event in Warsaw, Poland.[3] Competing in the individual senior men's event, Fernandez finished 25th.[3] Fernandez's next major competition was the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.[3] Fernandez finished sixth in the individual men's event.[3] He competed at the World Cup final in 2015.[3] At the championships held in Belarus, Fernandez finished 11th.[3] In June 2015 Fernandez competed in the 2015 World Modern Pentathlon Championships and finished 12th in the men's relay event.[3] On 18 July 2015 Fernandez won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in the men's individual event.[6] Fernandez finished with a points score of 1444 points.[6] His best discipline was the fencing where he scored the most points out of all the competitors.[6] Fernandez won the gold medal by five points over Mexican Ismael Hernández.[6] At 19 years of age Fernandez became the youngest modern pentathlon gold medalist in the history of the Pan American Games.[4] By winning gold, Fernandez qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] Later in 2015 was the 2015 Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne World Junior Championships where Fernandez finished fourth.[3] In May 2016 the 2016 World Cup final was held in Sarasota, United States.[3] Fernandez finished 18th in the individual event.[3] At the 2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships Fernandez competed in the men's individual competition.[3] He finished 13th with 1468 points.[8] On 18 August 2016 Fernandez competed in the men's event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished 15th.[3] Fernandez won a gold medal at the 2016 Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne World Junior Championships in September 2016.[9] At the event held in Cairo, Egypt Fernandez scored 1429 points and beat South Korean Jun Woong-tae by eleven points.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Charles Fernandez". Rio 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "Men's Individual - Standings". Rio 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Charles Fernandez". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Charles Fernandez". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "XIII. Masters World Championships in Modern Pentathlon and Tetrathlon" (PDF). Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Pan American Games (Modern Pentathlon)". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "Pan American Games: Storming Performances and New Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "UIPM Senior World Championships". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ a b "UIPM Junior World Championships". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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