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| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 November 1961 Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sailing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club |  Club Marítimo de Mahón | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fernando Rita (born 30 November 1961) is a Spanish sailor. He competed in the Star event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1] In the Snipe class he was third at the World's in 1999, European champion in 1986, and third in 1988.
Agustín Calleri is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is Gordo which means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay.
Fernando Ariel Meligeni, nicknamed Fininho, is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He won three singles titles and reached the semifinals of both the 1999 French Open and the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was known for taking matches to the limit. His favorite surface was clay.
The United States' Andre Agassi defeated Spain's Sergi Bruguera in the final, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 to win the gold medal in Men's Singles tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The victory gave Agassi the fourth of five components of the career Golden Slam; his later win at the French Open made him the first man to complete the career Golden Slam in singles. It was the United States' first gold medal in the event since 1924 and its third overall, equaling Great Britain's record. It was Spain's second consecutive silver medal. In the bronze medal match, India's Leander Paes defeated Brazil's Fernando Meligeni, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4. It was India's first Olympic tennis medal.
Fernando Martín Espina was a Spanish professional basketball player who was considered to be one of the best Spanish basketball players ever. Martín was 2.06 m tall, and he played primarily at the center and power forward positions. He was considered a talented all-around athlete. He was a five-time swimming champion in Spain, as well as being a highly ranked athlete in the sports of handball, table tennis and judo.
Fernando Echávarri Erasun is a professional yachtsman in the Olympic Tornado class. Teaming with crew Antón Paz Blanco, he became the Spanish, European, World Champion, ISAF Sailor of the year in 2005, Olympic gold medallist at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games held in Qingdao.
Fernando Paternoster was an Argentine footballer and manager. He played for the Argentina national football team and helped promote football across South America in countries such as Colombia and Ecuador.
Fernando Climent Huerta is a retired competition rower and Olympic medalist from Spain.
Spain's Rafael Nadal defeated Chile's Fernando González in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 to win the gold medal in men's singles at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The win gave him the third of five components of the career Golden Slam, having already won the French Open and Wimbledon. He would go on to win the Australian Open and the US Open to become the second man to complete the career Golden Slam in singles. Following the event, Nadal became the world No. 1 for the first time, ending Roger Federer's record streak of 237 consecutive weeks with the top ranking. González became the first man to win a medal in men's singles across consecutive Olympiads since Charles Winslow in 1920. In the bronze medal match, Serbia's Novak Djokovic defeated the United States' James Blake, 6–3, 7–6(7–4). It was Serbia's first Olympic tennis medal.
Walter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.
Antón Paz Blanco is a Spanish sailor. With his partner Fernando Echavarri he won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The two also competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where they finished eighth. He is from the town of Vilagarcia de Arousa, Galicia, Spain.
Rita Chikwelu is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward and midfielder for the Saudi Women's Premier League club Al Shabab and the Nigeria women's national team. She previously played for Swedish sides Umeå IK and Kristianstads DFF and later for the Spanish clubs Madrid CFF and Levante Las Planas.
Fernando de la Peña is a Spanish fencer. He competed in the épée events at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.
Fernando Medina is a Spanish fencer. He competed in the sabre events at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the 1998 World Fencing Championships.
The women's water polo tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held from 30 July to 9 August at the Water Polo Arena.
Fernando Gabriel Garcia is an Argentine handball player for Vernon and the Argentina men's national handball team.
Fernando León Boissier is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and won a gold medal in the Tornado class, together with José Luis Ballester.
Fernando Carro Morillo is a Spanish athlete specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented his country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing narrowly missing the final. In 2017, he competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 World Athletics Championships held in London, England.
Fernando Alarza Vicente is a Spanish triathlete. He competed in the men's event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2015 he was part of ECS Triathlon team.
Fernando Luna is an Argentine rugby sevens player. He was selected for Argentina 7s's sevens squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Fernando Aguilar Camacho was a Spanish long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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