Fernando Climent Huerta (born 27 May 1958 in

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) is a retired competition

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and Olympic champion from

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. He won a silver medal in the coxless pair event at the

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, together with

Luis María Lasúrtegui Luis María Lasúrtegui Berridi (born 28 March 1956 in Pasaia, Guipúzcoa) is a Spanish competition rower and Olympic champion. He won a silver medal in the coxless pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, together with Fernando C ...

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(Retrieved on 12 May 2008) He is now the President of the Spanish Rowing Federation.

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Spanish Olympic Committee
* * 1958 births Living people People from Coria del Río Sportspeople from the Province of Seville Spanish male rowers Olympic rowers of Spain Olympic silver medalists for Spain Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Spain 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-rowing-bio-stub