Fernando Platas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Platas and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

Fernando Platas

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Fabricio Platas Álvarez
Nationality	Mexico
Born	(1973-03-16) March 16, 1973 Mexico City, Mexico
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight	132 lb (60 kg)
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 3m Springboard World Championships 2001 Fukuoka 10m Platform Synchro Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata 3m Springboard 1995 Mar del Plata 10m Platform 1999 Winnipeg 10m Platform 1995 Mar del Plata 1m Springboard 1999 Winnipeg 3m Springboard 2003 Santo Domingo 3m Springboard 2003 Santo Domingo Synchronized Platform Summer Universiade 1995 Fukuoka 3m Springboard

Fernando Fabricio Platas Álvarez (born March 16, 1973 in Mexico City) is a Mexican diver. He began diving since he was a young boy. In 1990 he won in Germany two tests of 2 and 10 metres, and in that same year he won three gold medals in the Central American Games which took place in Mexico City.

In 1992, he represented Mexico in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and in 1993 he won a silver medal in the FINA Championships.

Winner of the silver medal in the FINA Championships, for 1999 he won the gold medal in the 3 metre springboard.

During the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia he won the silver medal in the 3 metre springboard.

In his résumé, he is also distinguished by winning the Sport National Award in 1995, and he has been twice the standard-bearer of the Mexican Olympic Delegation in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece.

He ran the National Action Party federal deputy for the Federal Electoral District XXIV Mexico State in the elections of 2009.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fernando Platas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-12-23.