Fernando Pimenta

GOIH
Fernando Pimenta

Personal information

Full name

Fernando Ismael Fernandes Pimenta

Nationality

Portuguese

Born

13 August 1989 (age 27)
Ponte de Lima

Website

fernandopimenta.com

Sport

Country

Portugal

Sport

Canoeing

Event(s)

K-1 1000m, K-1 5000m, K-2 1000m, K-4 1000m

Club

Clube Náutico de Ponte de Lima

Medal record

Olympic Games
	2012 London	K-2 1000m
World Championships
	2010 Poznań	K-2 500 m
	2014 Moscow	K-4 1000 m
	2015 Milan	K-1 1000 m
European Championships
	2011 Belgrade	K-4 1000 m
	2016 Moscow	K-1 1000 m
	2016 Moscow	K-1 5000 m
	2013 Montemor-o-Velho	K-4 1000 m
	2013 Montemor-o-Velho	K-1 5000 m
	2011 Belgrade	K-1 1000 m
	2014 Brandenburg	K-1 5000 m
	2014 Brandenburg	K-4 1000 m
Universiade
	2013 Kazan	K-1 500 m
	2013 Kazan	K-1 1000 m

Fernando Ismael Fernandes Pimenta, GOIH, ComM (born 13 August 1989) is a Portuguese sprint and marathon canoeist who has won medals at the Summer Olympics, World and European championships.

Pimenta has competed since the late 2000s. His first major result came at the 2010 World Championships in Poznań, Poland, when he won the K-2 500 metres silver medal together with João Ribeiro. One year later, he contributed to the Portuguese K-4 1000 metres gold medal at the European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, and claimed a bronze in the K-1 1000 metres. Together with Emanuel Silva, he won the silver medal in the K-2 1000 metres event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was Portugal's only medal at these Games.

In 2013, Pimenta won multiple medals in international events, namely two silvers (K-1 5000 metres and K-4 1000 metres) at the European Championships, held in Portugal's Montemor-o-Velho racing course, and two golds (K-1 500 and 1000 metres) at the Summer Universiade in Kazan. The following year, he secured his second world championship medal in Moscow, after a runner-up finish in the K-4 1000 metres event. At the European Championships in Brandenburg, Germany, Pimenta finished again in the top-three places of the K-1 5000 and K-4 1000 metres, taking a bronze medal in both events.

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