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| Full name | Fernando Alarza Vicente | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1991 Talavera de la Reina, Spain | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Triathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Fernando Alarza Vicente (born 23 March 1991) is a Spanish triathlete. He competed in the men's event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] In 2015 he was part of ECS Triathlon team. [2]
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