Toti Fernández

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Mónica Toti Fernández
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Personal information
Native nameMónica Fernández Robles
NicknameToti Fernández
NationalityFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala, Guatemala
Born18 de marzo de 1968
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Websitewww.totifernandez.com
Sport
CountryGuatemala
SportTriatlón y Ultramaratón
Updated on 17 August 2016

Mónica Fernández, better known as Toti Fernández (born in Guatemala City on March 18, 1968) is a triathlete and ultramarathon runner, lecturer, author, entrepreneur and mother. She won the 2000 and 2001 Ultraman events.

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Biography

Birth and childhood

Toti Fernández was born in Guatemala City on March 18, 1968, the youngest of 6 siblings. When she was only ten years old, both her parents died of lung cancer: first her mother, and eight months later, her father.

Early years

Toti Fernandez at the Marathon Des Sables in the Sahara Desert. Toti Fernandez "Marathon Des Sables".jpg
Toti Fernández at the Marathon Des Sables in the Sahara Desert.

Toti’s life changed drastically when she had to move to Mexico City to live with her father’s sister, who became her tutor. Having to live in 17 different houses and invaded by rebelliousness, she started smoking when she was only 16 and became a heavy smoker of two packs a day. At age 22, she took up swimming to counter for the harmful effects of tobacco and quit smoking when she found her true passion: triathlon.

Sports career

Monica "Toti" Fernandez at the finish line, Badwater Ultramarathon, 2008. Monica "La Toti" Fernandez.jpg
Mónica "Toti" Fernández at the finish line, Badwater Ultramarathon, 2008.

After participating in several triathlon races, both sprint and Olympic, Toti participated in her first Ironman, becoming the first Guatemalan female to finish this race (Hawaii, 1997).

Seeking further challenges and longer distances, Toti registered for an Ultraman competition, [1] a three-day triathlon that circles the island of Kona, the largest island in Hawaii. After becoming a two-time Ultraman world champion in 2000 y 2001, Toti decided to train for ultra marathons.

She has participated in three of the ten toughest races in the world, as classified by National Geographic: the Marathon des Sables, [2] Badwater [3] and Furnace Creek 508, now called Silver State 508. [4]

Toti was the second placed woman and twelfth overall at the Death Valley Cup, [5] a double race consisting of Badwater and Furnace Creek 508 during the same calendar year.

Awards

CompetitionPutPlaceYear
Death Valley CupSecond WomanFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2008
Furnace Creek 508, 819 km of cycling non-stop SecondFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2008
Badwater Ultramarathon, 217 km non-stop SeventhFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2008
Ironman Western Australia SecondFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2007
Marathon Des Sables SeventhFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2003
Leadville Ultramarathon SeventhFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2002
Marathon Des Sables TenthFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2002
World-wide Ultraman World Championship FirstFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2001
Ironman Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2001
World-wide Ultraman World Championship FirstFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2000
Ironman Lake Placid Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2000
World-wide Ironman World Championship Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1998
Quelle Ironman Roth Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1998
World-wide Ironman World Championship Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1997
Triathlon National Champion in olympic distanceFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1995
First Sprint TriathlonFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1991

Bibliography

Fernández, Mónica Toti (2015). 210,000 kilómetros. Autobiografía. ISBN   9789929644267.

Fernández, Mónica Toti (2015). 130,000 Miles. Autobiografía.

References

  1. ↑ "Ultra Man World Championship". 2000–2001.
  2. ↑ "Marathon des Sables". 2003.
  3. ↑ "Badwater Ultramarathon". 2008.
  4. ↑ "Silver State 508". 2008.
  5. ↑ "Death Valley Cup". 2008. Archived from the original on 2016-05-11.
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