Yoennis Hernández

Yoennis Hernández
Personal information
Birth name Yoennis Hernández Arruez
Nationality Cuban
Born (1978-02-01) 1 February 1978
Guantánamo
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Country  Cuba
Sport Rowing
Club Guantánamo CR
Medal record
Men's Rowing
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo Single sculls
2003 Santo Domingo Double sculls
2003 Santo Domingo Quadruple sculls
2007 Rio de Janeiro Double sculls
2007 Rio de Janeiro Quadruple sculls
2011 Guadalajara Double sculls
2011 Guadalajara Quadruple sculls
2007 Rio de Janeiro Single sculls
1999 Winnipeg Single sculls
2003 Santo Domingo Eights

Yoennis Hernández Arruez (born 1 February 1978) is a Cuban former rower who competed at three Summer Olympics.

Biography

Born in Guantánamo, Hernández had a long career in rowing for Cuba. He represented Cuba at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, as a double sculls and quadruple sculls rower.[1] In all of his Olympic events he was able to make it to the B Final. He won a total of ten Pan American Games medals during his career. At every games from 1999 to 2011 he won at least one medal, five of them golds.[2] He was also a regular competitor at the World Rowing Championships, with his best placing coming at Lucerne in 2001, when he and Yosbel Martínez were fourth in the doubles sculls [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Yoennis Hernandez Arruez - Olympic Rowing : Cuba". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Olderr, Steven (April 29, 2003). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History. McFarland. ISBN 9780786443369.
  3. ↑ "Yoennis Hernandex Arruez". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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