PIMENTA Fernando

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 1000m	K2 200m	K2 1000m	K4 1000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5	-	-	6
2012	London, GBR	-	14	2	-

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 500m	K1 1000m	K1 5000m	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K4 1000m	K1 4x200m
2019	Szeged, HUN	38	3	3	-	-	-	-
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
2017	Racice, CZE	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
2015	Milan, ITA	-	3	-	-	-	5	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	-	10	-	-	-	2	-
2011	Szeged, HUN	-	8	7	-	-	11	-
2010	Poznan, POL	-	-	-	2	7	-	15

European Games

Year	Location	K1 1000m	K1 5000m
2019	Minsk, BLR	2	2

European Championships

Year	Location	K1 500m	K1 1000m	K1 5000m
2021	Poznan, POL	-	2	3
2018	Belgrade, SRB	3	1	2
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	8	1	2

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 1000m
2021	1 x 3rd
2020	1 x 1st
2019	1 x 1st, 1 x 4th
2018	2 x 1st
2017	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2020	Kayak Single 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:26.48
1	2019	Kayak Single 1000m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	3:27.544
1	2018	Kayak Single 1000m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	3:27.666
1	2018	Kayak Single 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:24.359
1	2017	Kayak Single 1000m	World Cup	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	3:26.833
2	2017	Kayak Single 1000m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	3:27.993
2	2017	Kayak Single 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:24.875
3	2021	Kayak Single 1000m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	3:38.94
4	2019	Kayak Single 1000m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	3:28.856

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Sport, spending time with family and friends. (Facebook page, 08 Aug 2019)

Athlete

Health Studies - Fernando Pessoa University, Ponte de Lima, POR

English, Portuguese, Spanish

SL Benfica [Lisbon, POR]

Helio Lucas Araujo [personal]

He has represented Portugal in canoe marathon and won bronze in the K1 event at the 2012 World Championships in Rome, Italy. (SportsDeskOnline, 15 Apr 2020)

He took up the sport at age 11 at Clube Nautico de Ponte de Lima in Portugal. (modalidades.com.pt, 12 Jun 2011)

"I thought it would be a new experience and I wanted to do something with my free time during the summer." (modalidades.com.pt, 12 Jun 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (slbenfica.pt, 05 Mar 2018)

Winning silver in the K2 1000m at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (Facebook profile, 08 Aug 2019; baku2015.com, 15 Jun 2015)

"Your dreams command your life." (sapo.com, 16 Apr 2014)

In 2018 he was named Sportsman of the Year at the World Paddle Awards. (worldpaddleawards.com, 03 Apr 2019)

In 2018 he was named Best Sportsman of the Year in Portugal by the Portuguese Olympic Committee. He also won the award in 2015, 2016 and 2017. (canoe-europe.org, 21 Dec 2018; record.pt, 16 Nov 2018)

In 2018 he received the Grand Officer of the Order of Merit from the president of Portugal. (slbenfica.pt, 06 Mar 2018)

In 2016 he received the Commander of the Order of Merit. (radiogeice.com, 13 Jul 2016

He was named the 2014 Male Athlete of the Year by the Portuguese Canoeing Federation [FPC]. The award was shared with Emanuel Silva, Joao Ribeiro and David Fernandes. (sporting.pt, 13 Feb 2015)

He was flag bearer for Portugal at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (fernandopimenta.com, 27 May 2015)

He won a Portuguese Golden Globe for Best Male Sportsperson in 2012. The award was shared with Emanuel Silva. (atelevisao.com, 19 May 2013)