Antonio Fernández (archer)

Antonio Fernández
Personal information
Full nameAntonio Fernández Fernández
Born (1991-06-12) 12 June 1991 (age 33)
Cáceres, Spain
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country Spain
SportArchery
EventRecurve
ClubSan Jorge de Cáceres
Coached byCho Hyung-mok
Medal record
Men's archery
Representing Spain
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku Team
Updated on 18 February 2017
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Antonio Fernández Fernández (born 12 June 1991) is a Spanish competitive archer.[1] He won a silver medal as a member of the nation's archery squad at the 2015 European Games, and also collected two individual titles in a regional competition, spanning the European Grand Prix and the Mediterranean Games, both of which were held in 2013.[2] Since his sporting debut as a teenager, Fernandez currently trains under the tutelage of his Korean-born coach Cho Hyung-mok for the Spanish team, while shooting at San Jorge de Cáceres.[3]

Fernández rose to prominence in the international archery scene, when he and his compatriots Juan Ignacio Rodríguez and eventual individual champion Miguel Alvariño obtained a silver medal in the men's team recurve final against Ukraine at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.[4] He promptly followed the team archery results by helping the Spaniards secure a full quota spot for Rio 2016 at the World Championships few months later in Copenhagen, Denmark.[2][5]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Fernández was selected to compete for Spain in both individual and team recurve tournaments.[2] First, he amassed a total of 1,986 points to hand the Spanish trio an eighth overall spot in the ranking round, along with his individual score of 657 as the thirty-fifth seed heading to the knockout stage.[6] In the men's team recurve, Fernández and his compatriots Rodríguez and Alvariño bowed out to the Dutchmen in the opening round of the tournament, conceding a slick 1–5 defeat.[7] Few days later, in the men's individual recurve, Fernández avenged his team's early exit by dispatching Chinese Taipei's Kao Hao-wen (6–0) and Italy's no. 3 seed David Pasqualucci (6–2) through the opening rounds, before he was beaten with a 3–7 score by Australia's eventual quarterfinalist Taylor Worth in his succeeding match.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Antonio Fernández". Rio 2016 Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Spain's squad for the Sambodromo named". World Archery. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Antonio Fernández: Futuro ingeniero, arquero de lujo" [Antonio Fernández: Future engineer, luxury archer] (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Plata para el equipo masculino español de tiro con arco en los Juegos Europeos" [Silver for the Spanish team in men's archery at the European Games] (in Spanish). 20 minutos. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Meet the team: Spain's Rio-bound recurvers". World Archery. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Antonio Fernández y Juan Ignacio Rodríguez acceden a octavos" [Antonio Fernández and Juan Ignacio Rodríguez advanced to the top eight] (in Spanish). Spain: Ideal. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Archery: Men's Team Quarterfinal". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Archery: Men's Individual Round of 16". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  9. ^ "El tirador Antonio Fernández sigue soñando" [Archer Antonio Fernández went far from dreaming] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.


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