Paquillo Fernández

Francisco Javier Fernández Peláez (born 6 March 1977 in Guadix, Province of Granada, Andalusia), better known as Paquillo Fernández, is a retired Spanish race walker. He specialized in the 20 km race walk.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Peláez.
Paquillo Fernández

Fernández at the 2007 World Championships
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 20 km walk
World Championships
2003 Paris 20 km walk
2005 Helsinki 20 km walk
2007 Osaka 20 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
2006 A Coruña 20 km walk
2008 Cheboksary 20 km walk
European Championships
2002 Munich 20 km walk
2006 Gothenburg 20 km walk
1998 Budapest 20 km walk

On 27 July 2008 he set a new 10-km race walk world record at the Spanish Championships in a time of 37:53.09.[1]

Fernández was made ineligible for competitions for two years after he was found guilty of possessing performance-enhancing drugs in February 2010.[2]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Spain
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 10,000 m 40:38.25
1997 European U23 Championships Turku, Finland 2nd 20 km 1:21:59
1998 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 1st 20 km 1:20:31
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd 20 km 1:21:39
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 15th 20 km 1:27:23
World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France 12th 20 km 1:22:47
2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 3rd 20 km 1:18:56
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 7th 20 km 1:21:01
2001 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 4th 20 km 1:20:02
World Championships Edmonton, Canada — 20 km DNF
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 20 km 1:18:37
2003 European Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 1st 20 km 1:19:48
World Championships Paris, France 2nd 20 km 1:18:00
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 2nd 20 km 1:19:45
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd 20 km 1:19:36
Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 1st 20 km 1:22:45
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 20 km 1:19:09
World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 1st 20 km 1:18:31
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 2nd 20 km 1:22:40
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 7th 20 km 1:20:32
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany — 20 km DNF

See also

References
  1. "Fernandez sets 10 km Race Walk world record – The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games". En.beijing2008.cn. 28 July 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. Olympic race walker draws 2-year doping suspension. USA Today (27 April 2010). Retrieved 27 April 2010.
Records
Preceded by
Julio René Martínez
Roman Rasskazov		 Men's 20km Walk World Record Holder
28 April 2002 – 23 August 2003		 Succeeded by
Jefferson Pérez
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