Fernando Gómez Doblas (born 16 October 1965 in

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with

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. He competes as a T36 type athlete. He competed at the

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, winning a silver in the 400 meter T34-T35 race, the 200 meter T34-T35 race and the 100 meter T35 race. He competed at the

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in Sydney, Australia, where he did not meal in any of his races. Fernando competed in two Paralympics, firstly in

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where he won silver each of the individual 100m, 200m and 400m and was part of the Spanish 4 × 100 m relay team that failed to finish. The following games in

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he again competed in the three sprint events and this time both relays but despite making the final in each event failed to add to his medal tally.

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* * 1965 births Living people Spanish male sprinters Paralympic silver medalists for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Cerebral palsy-category Paralympic competitors Paralympic athletes for Spain Spanish disabled athletes Sportsmen with disabilities Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-Paralympic-medalist-stub