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Full name | Stefany Hernández Mendoza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "La Brujita" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bolívar, Venezuela |
June 15, 1991 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stefany Hernández (born 13 June 1991 at Guayana, Bolívar, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan racing cyclist who represents Venezuela in BMX. She represented Venezuela at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event. She was fifth in her semifinal heat and not succeed to qualify into the final. Her final standing was ninth. She became BMX World Champion on 25 July 2015 at Zolder, Belgium.
She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympic in Rio de Janeiro in the women's BMX event. She won the bronze medal with a time of 34.755. She was the flag bearer for Venezuela during the closing ceremony.