Nuno Fernandes

Francisco Nuno Fernandes (born 1 April 1969 in Porto, Portugal) is a retired Portuguese athlete who specialised in pole vaulting.[1] He represented Portugal at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, each time failing to qualify for the final.

For the trovador, see Nuno Fernandes Torneol.

His personal record was 5.66 metres outdoors and 5.62 metres indoors, both set in 1996. Those marks stood as national records until being broken by Edi Maia in 2013 and 2012 respectively.

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Portugal
1989 Universiade Duisburg, West Germany 18th (q) Pole vault 4.60 m
1991 Universiade Sheffield, United Kingdom 19th (q) Pole vault 5.00 m
9th Decathlon 6932 pts
1992 Ibero-American Championships Seville, Spain 2nd Pole vault 5.30 m
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 29th (q) Pole vault 5.00 m
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 12th Pole vault 5.30 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 36th (q) Pole vault 5.25 m
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France – Pole vault NM
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 16th (q) Pole vault 5.40 m
Ibero-American Championships Mar del Plata, Argentina 1st Pole vault 5.15 m
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 15th (q) Pole vault 5.60 m
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 19th (q) Pole vault 5.40 m
Universiade Fukuoka, Japan 3rd Pole vault 5.55 m
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden – Pole vault NM
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 18th (q) Pole vault 5.60 m
1997 Universiade Catania, Italy 8th Pole vault 5.30 m
1998 Ibero-American Championships Lisbon, Portugal 2nd Pole vault 5.55 m
European Championships Budapest, Hungary – Pole vault NM
2000 Ibero-American Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st Pole vault 5.20 m
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 32nd (q) Pole vault 5.25 m
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 9th Pole vault 5.45 m
2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 19th (q) Pole vault 5.20 m
Ibero-American Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 2nd Pole vault 5.20 m

References
  1. Nuno Fernandes at World Athletics


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