FERNANDEZ Federico Gaston

Date of Birth: 17 Oct 1989

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.91/6'3''

Place of birth: TIGRE

Birth Country:

Argentina

Place of residence : BUENOS AIRES

Residence Country:

Argentina

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Men ARG Argentina	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #02 FRA France 33 ARG Argentina 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #08 ARG Argentina 25 GER Germany 33	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #16 NOR Norway 27 ARG Argentina 23	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #19 ARG Argentina 23 BRA Brazil 25	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #27 ESP Spain 36 ARG Argentina 27	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
10	Men	2012	London, GBR

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Men	2021	Egypt
12	Men	2015	Qatar
12	Men	2011	Sweden
17	Men	2019
18	Men	2017	France
18	Men	2013	Spain

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2018	Greenland

Fede (coarg.org.ar, 28 Nov 2012)

Occupation:

Wife Milena, daughter Emilia [2018]

Languages spoken:

Universidad Nacional de Lujan [UNLu] [Argentina]

Elio Fernandez [club, father], ARG; Manuel Cadenas [national], ESP

Position style:

Left wing (ihf.info, 11 Jan 2019)

Right (dailymotion.com, 26 Feb 2013)

Sporting relatives:

His older brothers Sebastian and Juan Pablo have played handball. Sebastian has played club volleyball in Argentina, while Juan Pablo has represented Argentina in the sport, and competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. His father Elio Fernandez also played handball at an elite level, and has served as coach of Universidad Nacional de Lujan in Argentina. (lanacion.com.ar, 02 Jan 2020; dashandballweb.com, 05 Jul 2019; misionesonline.net, 30 Dec 2012; pasionhandball.blogspot.com, 24 Mar 2011; clarin.com, 22 Jan 2011; SportsDeskOnline, 02 Mar 2020)

National league:

Liga de Honor Caballeros [ARG] (canchallena.lanacion.ar, 10 Jun 2016)

He began playing handball at age six. (sanfernando.clarin.com, 22 Dec 2011)

He and his brothers were introduced to the sport by their father. "My father, who always played handball and even played for the national team, sent us to practise, 'Now it's your turn', he told us. And we got really hooked." (lanacion.com.ar, 02 Jan 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (lanacion.com.ar, 02 Jan 2020)

His older brother Juan Pablo, Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi, Argentinian basketball player Manu Ginobili. (coarg.org.ar, 28 Nov 2012; clarin.com, 22 Jan 2011)

Coach Daniel Betti. (pasionhandball.blogspot.com, 24 Mar 2011)

In 2019 he received the Olimpia de Plata trophy from the Sports Journalists Circle [Circulo de Periodistas Deportivos] in Argentina. (lanacion.com.ar, 02 Jan 2020)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
He works for his family's Las Olivias business, a clothing company based in General Pacheco, Argentina. He splits his time between playing handball and working for the family business. "Sometimes it is difficult to combine sport with work, it is tedious. And personally I get tired of work more than my sport, but the priority is the one that feeds my family and you can't loosen up. I love living everything with my family. My wife is my greatest supporter, I work, train, travel, I'm late, and she always supports me." (Facebook profile, 02 Sep 2019; lanacion.com.ar, 02 Jan 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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