Charles Fernandez (pentathlete)

Charles Fernandez

Fernandez at the 2015 Pan American Games
Personal information
Born (1995-12-28) 28 December 1995
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Modern pentathlon
Medal record
Representing  Guatemala
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Individual

Charles Fernandez (born 28 December 1995)[1] is a Guatemalan modern pentathlete.[2] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's event and finished fifteenth.[3] Fernandez won the men's modern pentathlon at the 2015 Pan American Games.[4] He also won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships.[4] Fernandez has competed in three World Modern Pentathlon Championships as well as multiple youth and junior world championships and a Central American and Caribbean Games.[4]

Early life and education

Charles Fernandez's father, Carlos, is also a modern pentathlete, competing at the 2014 Modern Pentathlon Masters World Championships in the men's over-50 competition.[5][6]

Charles Fernandez attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.[1]

Competition

Fernandez's first international competition was in 2012 when he competed at the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne Youth World Championships in Hungary.[4] He finished 27th in the competition.[4] 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.[4] Fernandez's first World Modern Pentathlon Championships was the 2014 event in Warsaw, Poland.[4] Competing in the individual senior men's event, Fernandez finished 25th.[4] Fernandez's next major competition was the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.[4] Fernandez finished sixth in the individual men's event.[4]

He competed at the World Cup final in 2015.[4] At the championships held in Belarus, Fernandez finished 11th.[4] In June 2015 Fernandez competed in the 2015 World Modern Pentathlon Championships and finished 12th in the men's relay event.[4] On 18 July 2015 Fernandez won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in the men's individual event.[7] Fernandez finished with a points score of 1444 points.[7] His best discipline was the fencing where he scored the most points out of all the competitors.[7] Fernandez won the gold medal by five points over Mexican Ismael Hernández.[7] At 19 years of age Fernandez became the youngest modern pentathlon gold medalist in the history of the Pan American Games.[6] By winning gold, Fernandez qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8] Later in 2015 was the 2015 Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne World Junior Championships, where Fernandez finished fourth.[4]

In May 2016 the 2016 World Cup final was held in Sarasota, United States.[4] Fernandez finished 18th in the individual event.[4] At the 2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships Fernandez competed in the men's individual competition.[4] He finished 13th with 1468 points.[9] On 18 August 2016 Fernandez competed in the men's event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished 15th.[4] Fernandez won a gold medal at the 2016 Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne World Junior Championships in September 2016.[10] At the event held in Cairo, Egypt, Fernandez scored 1429 points and beat South Korean Jun Woong-tae by eleven points.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Fernandez, Charles". Toronto 2015 Pan Am. 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Charles Fernandez". Rio 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Men's Individual – Standings". Rio 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Charles Fernandez". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "XIII. Masters World Championships in Modern Pentathlon and Tetrathlon" (PDF). Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Charles Fernandez". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Pan American Games (Modern Pentathlon)". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Pan American Games: Storming Performances and New Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "UIPM Senior World Championships". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  10. 1 2 "UIPM Junior World Championships". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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