Fernando Jorge (canoeist)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jorgeand the second or maternal family name is Enriquez.

Fernando Jorge

Jorge at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez
Born	(1998-12-03) 3 December 1998 (age 26) Cienfuegos, Cuba
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Equipo Nacional
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing   Cuba Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo C-2 1000 m World Championships 2017 Račice C-2 1000 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-1 5000 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-2 1000 m 2019 Szeged C-2 1000 m 2019 Szeged C-1 5000 m 2021 Copenhagen C-2 1000 m Pan American Games 2019 Lima C-2 1000 m 2019 Lima C-1 1000 m

Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez (born 3 December 1998) is a Cuban sprint canoeist. He took up canoeing in late 2015 and won the 2016 Pan American Championships with Serguey Torres in the C-2 1000 m event . They finished sixth at the 2016 Olympics. ^{[1] [2]} He also competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and won a gold medal in the Men's C-2 1000 metres event. ^[3]

In 2022, Jorge defected from Cuba while he was traveling in Mexico. ^[4] He competed as a refugee athlete representing the Refugee Olympic Team in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

References

1. Fernando Dayan Jorge Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine . rio2016.com
2. Fernando Dayan Jorge Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine . nbcolympics.com
3. "Double Canoe – 1000m Men – Final Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
4. Hernandez, Miguel (7 March 2022). "Cuban Olympic canoe champion escapes in Mexico". Around the Rings. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

External links

• Fernando Jorge at the International Canoe Federation
• Fernando Jorge at Olympedia