Yoennis Hernández
Cuban rower (born 1978)
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Birth name | Yoennis Hernández Arruez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1978-02-01) 1 February 1978 (age 46) Guantánamo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Guantánamo CR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yoennis Hernández Arruez (born 1 February 1978) is a Cuban former rower who competed at three Summer Olympics.
Biography
Born in Guantánamo, Hernández had a long career in rowing for Cuba. He represented Cuba at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, as a double sculls and quadruple sculls rower.[1] In all of his Olympic events he was able to make it to the B Final. He won a total of ten Pan American Games medals during his career. At every games from 1999 to 2011 he won at least one medal, five of them golds.[2] He was also a regular competitor at the World Rowing Championships, with his best placing coming at Lucerne in 2001, when he and Yosbel Martínez were fourth in the doubles sculls [3]
References
- ^ "Yoennis Hernandez Arruez - Olympic Rowing : Cuba". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ Olderr, Steven (29 April 2003). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History. McFarland. ISBN 9780786443369.
- ^ "Yoennis Hernandex Arruez". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
External links
- Yoennis Hernández at Sports Reference
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- 1951: Roberto Alfieri (ARG)
- 1955: John Kelly (USA)
- 1959: Harry Parker (USA)
- 1963: Seymour Cromwell (USA)
- 1967: Alberto Demiddi (ARG)
- 1971: Alberto Demiddi (ARG)
- 1975: Ricardo Ibarra (ARG)
- 1979: Ricardo Ibarra (ARG)
- 1983: Ricardo Ibarra (ARG)
- 1987: Jesús Posse (URU)
- 1991: Joaquín Gómez (MEX)
- 1995: Sergio Fernández (ARG)
- 1999: Derek Porter (CAN)
- 2003: Yoennis Hernández (CUB)
- 2007: Santiago Fernández (ARG)
- 2011: Ángel Fournier (CUB)
- 2015: Ángel Fournier (CUB)
- 2019: Ángel Fournier (CUB)
- 2023: Lucas Verthein (BRA)