Jorge Fernández (athlete)

Jorge Fernández

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Yadián Fernández Hernández
Born	(1987-10-02) October 2, 1987 (age 29) Cárdenas, Matanzas
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Cuba Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Discus throw CAC Championships 2008 Cali Discus throw 2009 Havana Discus throw
Updated on 27 December 2014.

Jorge Fernández (Jorge Yadián Fernández Hernández; born 2 October 1987 in Cárdenas, Matanzas) is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He won the gold medal in the event at the Pan American Games in 2011 and is a two-time winner at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics (2008 and 2009). His personal best throw is 66.00 m, set in Havana in 2010.

Born in Matanzas, Fernández won his first international medal at the 2005 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, where he came second in the discus behind Ryan Whiting of the United States. That same year, he threw a Caribbean junior best of 58.12 m with the 1.75 kg discus. He also competed with the senior implement and was third at the national championships and sixth at the 2005 ALBA Games. In 2006, he improved to set a national junior record of 60.06 m and finished fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing.

In his first year as a senior athlete, he set a personal best of 57.57 m and won the discus title at the 2007 ALBA Games. He cleared the 60 m mark numerous times in 2008, setting a new personal best of 63.31 m in Havana in June. He was chosen to compete at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships and came away with the gold medal, finishing just ahead of fellow Cuban Yunior Lastre. Fernández made his Olympic debut at the age of twenty a month later and finished 15th in his qualifying group at the 2008 Beijing Games.

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