Fernando Platas

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Fernando Platas Nationality: Mexico Date of birth: March 16, 1973 (1973-03-16) (age 35) Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Medal record Medal record Competitor for  Mexico Men's Diving Olympic Games Silver Sydney 2000 3m Springboard World Championships Silver 2001 Fukuoka 10m Platform Synchro Pan American Games Gold Mar del Plata 1995 3m Springboard Gold Mar del Plata 1995 10m Platform Silver Mar del Plata 1995 1m Springboard Gold Winnipeg 1999 10m Platform Silver Winnipeg 1999 3m Springboard Silver Santo Domingo 2003 3m Springboard Silver Santo Domingo 2003 Synchronized Platform

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