Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara, known as Fernanda Herrera (born 26 February 2006), is a Mexican-born naturalized Uzbekistanisabre fencer.[2][3] In March 2023, she won an individual gold medal for Uzbekistan at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championship in Tashkent.[4] In September 2023, she and her sister Paola Pliego won team gold in sabre fencing at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.[2] Fernanda Herrara won another individual gold medal at a youth Fencing World Cup event in Tashkent in November 2023.[5]
Herrara is originally from Querétaro, Mexico, and was naturalized by Uzbekistan at age 13.[2] Her family left Mexico after her sister Paola Pliego was wrongfully excluded from the 2016 Rio Olympics, due to a rigged doping test.[2]
She started fencing at the age of 3, and now trains in Italy.[2]
Other career highlights
In 2023, Herrara won the individual bronze and team gold at the Sabi Youth Cup in Ankara, Turkey.[2] Both she and her sister competed in the Asian Games and won team gold in September 2023.[2]
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Uzbekistan (2022–present)
