Fernando Platas
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Fabricio Platas Álvarez |
| Nationality |  Mexico |
| Born | March 16, 1973 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
| Weight | 132 lb (60 kg) |
Medal record | |
Fernando Fabricio Platas Álvarez (born March 16, 1973, in Mexico City)[1] is a Mexican diver. He began diving since he was a young boy. In 1990 he won in Germany two tests of 2 and 10 metres, and in that same year he won three gold medals in the Central American Games which took place in Mexico City.
In 1992, he represented Mexico in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and in 1993 he won a silver medal in the FINA Championships.
Winner of the silver medal in the FINA Championships, for 1999 he won the gold medal in the 3 metre springboard.
During the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia he won the silver medal in the 3 metre springboard.
In his résumé, he is also distinguished by winning the Sport National Award in 1995, and he has been twice the standard-bearer of the Mexican Olympic Delegation in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece.
He ran the National Action Party federal deputy for the Federal Electoral District XXIV Mexico State in the elections of 2009.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fernando Platas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-12-23.
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Mexican male divers
- Divers from Mexico City
- Divers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Mexico
- Olympic divers for Mexico
- Olympic medalists in diving
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in diving
- Summer World University Games medalists in diving
- Divers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Divers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Divers at the 1995 Pan American Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Mexican people
- 21st-century Mexican people