Jorge Fernández (athlete)

Jorge Fernández
Personal information
Full name Jorge Yadián Fernández Hernández
Born October 2, 1987
Cárdenas, Matanzas
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country  Cuba
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Discus
Updated on 27 December 2014.
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.

Jorge Fernández (Jorge Yadián Fernández Hernández; born 2 October 1987 in Cárdenas, Matanzas)[1][2] is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He won the gold medal in the event at the Pan American Games in 2011 and is a two-time winner at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics (2008 and 2009). His personal best throw is 66.00 m, set in Havana in 2010.

Career

Born in Matanzas, Fernández won his first international medal at the 2005 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, where he came second in the discus behind Ryan Whiting of the United States.[3] That same year, he threw a Caribbean junior best of 58.12 m with the 1.75 kg discus. He also competed with the senior implement and was third at the national championships and sixth at the 2005 ALBA Games. In 2006, he improved to set a national junior record of 60.06 m and finished fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing.[4]

In his first year as a senior athlete, he set a personal best of 57.57 m and won the discus title at the 2007 ALBA Games.[4] He cleared the 60 m mark numerous times in 2008, setting a new personal best of 63.31 m in Havana in June.[5] He was chosen to compete at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships and came away with the gold medal, finishing just ahead of fellow Cuban Yunior Lastre.[6] Fernández made his Olympic debut at the age of twenty a month later and finished 15th in his qualifying group at the 2008 Beijing Games.[1]

His 2009 season was entirely based in Havana: he won the discus titles at the 2009 ALBA Games and then the Barrientos Memorial.[4] He threw a new personal record mark of 63.92 m in June.[5] The 2009 CAC Championships was held in the Cuban capital and he defended his region title to lead a discus 1–2 for the host nation alongside his compatriot Lastre.[7] In the early part of 2010, he had a throw of 64.13 m then threw 66.00 m exactly in March in Havana. He won the Barrientos meet and the national championships before going on to take the bronze medal for Cuba at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics in San Fernando, Cadiz.[4] At the end of the track and field season, he was selected to represent a combined Americas team at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and he finished the competition in sixth place with a throw of 61.18 m.[8]

Fernández started the 2011 season in strong form, throwing 65.54 m at the Copa Cuba meeting in March and winning at the Barrientos Memorial with a throw of 64.77 m in May.[9][10] In his first year based in Europe, he had a season's best throw of 65.89 m came in Cottbus in June and won the Weltklasse in Biberach and Meeting de Atletismo Madrid competitions.[4][11] At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics he was fourth in qualifying with a mark of 64.94 m, but fell short of this in the final, ending the final in eighth place with a best mark of 63.54 m.[4] His year ended on a high as he won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara – his winning throw of 65.58 m was the best seen at the tournament in 24 years and he became the third Cuban to take the men's Pan American discus title (joining Roberto Moya and Luis Delís).[12]

Personal best

Event Result Venue Date
Shot put 16.94 m Cuba La Habana 20 Mar 2014
Discus throw 66.50 m Switzerland Lausanne 3 Jul 2014

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cuba
2005 ALBA Games La Habana, Cuba 6th Discus throw 53.36 m
Pan American Junior Championships Windsor, Canada 2nd Discus throw (1.75 kg) 57.87 m
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 5th Discus throw (1.75 kg) 59.55 m
2007 ALBA Games Caracas, Venezuela 1st Discus throw 56.83 m
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 1st Discus throw 58.60 m A
Olympic Games Beijing, China 27th (q) Discus throw 59.60 m
2009 ALBA Games La Habana, Cuba 1st Discus throw 61.61 m
Central American and Caribbean Championships La Habana, Cuba 1st Discus throw 61.79 m
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 3rd Discus throw 61.76 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 8th Discus throw 63.54 m
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 1st Discus throw 65.58 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 11th Discus throw 62.02 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 10th Discus throw 62.88 m
2014 Pan American Sports Festival Ciudad de México, México 1st Discus throw 64.94 m A
Continental Cup Marrakech, Morocco 2nd Discus throw 62.97
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 5th Shot put 16.11 m A
1st Discus throw 63.17 m A

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jorge Fernández. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-11-03.
  2. ↑ XXIX JUEGOS OLIMPICOS BEIJING 2008 - Delegación Cubana (PDF) (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER), p. 57, retrieved June 24, 2013
  3. ↑ 2005 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Jorge Fernández. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Fernandez, Jorge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-03.
  6. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-07-05). 50.98 400m victory by Cuban Terrero in Cali - CAC Champs day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.
  7. ↑ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2009-07-04). “Things on course for Berlin” - Savigne, world leading 14.97m; Robles runs 13.18w - CAC Champs Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-03.
  8. ↑ Mulkeen, Jon (2010-09-05). EVENT Report - Men's Discus Throw. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-03.
  9. ↑ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-05-29). New talents emerge at Barrientos Memorial in Havana. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-31.
  10. ↑ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-03-21). Savigne and Martinez set world leads at Copa Cuba; Robles recovering from minor injury. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-03.
  11. ↑ Wenig, Jorg (2011-06-29). Harting confirms fine form in Cottbus; Junior Traber shows his talent in Biberach. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-03.
  12. ↑ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-10-25). Silva upsets Murer to capture gold, Collins clocks 10.00 Games’ record in semis – Pan American Games, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-03.

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