Florence Fernandes

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Florencia Sophie Sabine Lenne "Florence" Ferreira Fernandes (born 1 December 1968 in Lille [1] ) is a Portuguese slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). She finished 22nd in the K-1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Four years later in Sydney, Fernandes finished 20th after being eliminated in the qualifying round of the K-1 event.

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  1. "Olympedia – Florence Fernandes". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-04-26.

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