Nuno Fernandes
Francisco Nuno Fernandes (born 1 April 1969 in Porto, Portugal) is a retired Portuguese athlete who specialised in pole vaulting.[1] He represented Portugal at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, each time failing to qualify for the final.
His personal record was 5.66 metres outdoors and 5.62 metres indoors, both set in 1996. Those marks stood as national records until being broken by Edi Maia in 2013 and 2012 respectively.
Competition record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Portugal | |||||
1989 | Universiade | Duisburg, West Germany | 18th (q) | Pole vault | 4.60 m |
1991 | Universiade | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 19th (q) | Pole vault | 5.00 m |
9th | Decathlon | 6932 pts | |||
1992 | Ibero-American Championships | Seville, Spain | 2nd | Pole vault | 5.30 m |
Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 29th (q) | Pole vault | 5.00 m | |
1993 | Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 12th | Pole vault | 5.30 m |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 36th (q) | Pole vault | 5.25 m | |
1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | – | Pole vault | NM |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 16th (q) | Pole vault | 5.40 m | |
Ibero-American Championships | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 1st | Pole vault | 5.15 m | |
1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 15th (q) | Pole vault | 5.60 m |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 19th (q) | Pole vault | 5.40 m | |
Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 3rd | Pole vault | 5.55 m | |
1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | – | Pole vault | NM |
Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 18th (q) | Pole vault | 5.60 m | |
1997 | Universiade | Catania, Italy | 8th | Pole vault | 5.30 m |
1998 | Ibero-American Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 2nd | Pole vault | 5.55 m |
European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | – | Pole vault | NM | |
2000 | Ibero-American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Pole vault | 5.20 m |
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 32nd (q) | Pole vault | 5.25 m | |
2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 9th | Pole vault | 5.45 m |
2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 19th (q) | Pole vault | 5.20 m |
Ibero-American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2nd | Pole vault | 5.20 m |
References[]
Categories:
- Portuguese male pole vaulters
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Olympic athletes of Portugal
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Porto
- Universiade bronze medalists for Portugal
- Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
- Portuguese athletics biography stubs