Silvio Fernández (fencer born 1979)
Appearance
Silvio Fernández | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Caracas, Venezuela | 9 January 1979
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) |
Sport | |
Weapon | épée |
Hand | right-handed |
FIE ranking | current ranking |
Medal record |
Silvio Fernández Briceño (born January 9, 1979 in Caracas, Distrito Capital) is a Venezuelan épée fencer. He has competed in three Olympiads (2004, 2008 and 2012)[1] and four FIE world championships (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007). Fernández has been ranked as high as third in the world on the FIE points list.
He finished 2nd at the 2008 Challenge Bernadotte in Stockholm.
In June 2013 he earned the gold medal in the Pan American Fencing Championships in Cartagena after defeating his fellow countryman Rubén Limardo.
References
- ^ "Silvio Fernández Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Venezuelan épée fencers
- Venezuelan male fencers
- Olympic fencers of Venezuela
- Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Caracas
- South American fencing biography stubs
- Venezuelan martial arts biography stubs