FERNANDEZ Charles

Modern Pentathlon

Date of Birth: 28 Dec 1995

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Place of birth: DAYTON, OH

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : GUATEMALA CITY

Residence Country:

Guatemala

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Modern Pentathlon	Men's Individual	27

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Individual - Fencing Ranking Round	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Individual - Swimming 200m Freestyle Heat 5	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Individual - Fencing Bonus Round	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Individual - Riding Show Jumping	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Individual - Laser Run	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Individual
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	15

World Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay M	Relay X
2021	Cairo, EGY	49	-	-	-
2018	Mexico City, MEX	30	-	-	11
2017	Cairo, EGY	67	-	-	7
2016	Moscow, RUS	13	-	-	-
2015	Berlin, GER	-	-	12	-
2014	Warsaw, POL	25	13	14	-

Champion of Champions

Year	Location	Individual
2016	Doha, QAT	14

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Individual	Relay M	Relay X
2019	Lima, PER	1	5	3

Pan American Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay X
2018	Lima, PER	7	3	5

Pan American and NORCECA Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team
2017	Santo Domingo, DOM	38	8

World Cup Final

Year	Location	Individual	Relay X
2021	Hungary	12	3

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Individual	20th	1 x 10th, 1 x 20th
2020	Individual	20th	1 x 20th
2019	Individual	66th	1 x 31st, 1 x 45th, 1 x 62nd
2018	Individual	75th	1 x 34th, 1 x 43rd
2017	Individual	65th	1 x 22nd

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
10	2021	Individual	Budapest, HUN	1444
20	2021	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1411
20	2020	Individual	Cairo, EGY	1386
22	2017	Individual	Los Angeles, CA, USA	1368
31	2019	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1358
34	2018	Individual	Los Angeles, CA, USA	1357
43	2018	Individual	Sofia, BUL	1112
45	2019	Individual	Szekesfehervar, HUN	1130
62	2019	Individual	Prague, CZE	1102

Junior World Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Relay X
2016	Cairo, EGY	1	4

Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Occupation:

International Business, Marketing - Liberty University Online , Guatemala City, GUA

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Marian Gheorghe [national]

Sporting relatives:

His father Carlos Fernandez also competed in modern pentathlon. (results.toronto2015.org, 01 Jul 2015)

An injury forced him to miss the 2019 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (uipmworld.org, 01 Jul 20209

In 2013 he injured a ligament in his right knee and was out of action for seven months. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

He took up modern pentathlon in 2010 in Guatemala. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

His father competed in modern pentathlon and introduced him to the sport. "I went along with him to a masters competition. The coach, Marian Gheorghe, asked me if I wanted to try the sport. I did it casually for two years and it wasn't until watching the 2012 Olympic Games in London that the Olympic dream sparked inside of me and that is when I took the decision to pursue my dream professionally. Before doing modern pentathlon I was a triathlete and a runner. When I tried pentathlon out for the first time there was something about the diversity of all the sports that made it attractive. Ironically triathlon was very difficult for me and I did not enjoy it with a passion, but switching to five sports really caught my attention and to my surprise I had enough talent in all the sports to catch on to it quickly." (Athlete, 14 Aug 2016; uipmworld.org, 01 Jul 2020)

Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (espndeportes.espn.com, 23 Jun 2020)

Irish modern pentathlete Arthur Lanigan-O'Keefe. (uipmworld.org, 01 Jul 2020)

His father. (uipmworld.org, 01 Jul 2020)

Philosophy:

"When you work hard and give everything you have, it'll be worth it in the long run." (uipmworld.org, 01 Jul 2020)

General Interest

General
COMMISSION MEMBER
He has served as a member of the Athletes' Commission of the Guatemalan Olympic Committee. He has also served as the deputy chairman of the International Modern Pentathlon Union [UIPM] Athletes' Committee. He is among the candidates to join the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission, with elections to be held in 2021 during the Olympic Games in Tokyo. "For me it's important that athletes from Guatemala and other countries of the 'third world' could have a voice within this organisation. The idea is to bring there our own perspective, different from that of other countries. It's important to acknowledge this diversity within the Games and to unite all of us. In the end, that's the idea of the Olympic Games, to be united through sports and peace." (cog.org.gt, 05 Dec 2019; espndeportes.espn.com, 23 Jun 2020; sportetsociete.org, 06 Dec 2019; insidethegames.biz, 14 May 2020)

HERITAGE
He was born in Dayton, OH, United States of America, to a US mother and a Guatemalan father. He returned to Guatemala at age seven. (Comite Olimpico Guatemalteco Facebook page, 14 Aug 2015; elperiodico.com.gt, 04 May 2020; uipmworld.org, 01 Jul 2020)

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Legend

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

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