Fernando Jorge (canoeist)
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| Full name | Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 December 1998 Cienfuegos, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Equipo Nacional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez (born 3 December 1998) is a Cuban sprint canoeist. He took up canoeing in late 2015 and won the 2016 Pan American Championships with Serguey Torres in the C-2 1000 m event . They finished sixth at the 2016 Olympics.[1][2] He also competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and won a gold medal in the Men's C-2 1000 metres event.[3]
In 2022, Jorge defected from Cuba while he was traveling in Mexico.[4] He competed as a refugee athlete representing the Refugee Olympic Team in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
References
[edit]- ^ Fernando Dayan Jorge Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ Fernando Dayan Jorge Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- ^ "Double Canoe – 1000m Men – Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ Hernandez, Miguel (7 March 2022). "Cuban Olympic canoe champion escapes in Mexico". Around the Rings. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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