Fernando Silva (born 17 December 1972) is a Portuguese
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
player. He competed in
two events at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
.
He won 4 bronze medals at the
BWF World Senior Championships
The BWF World Senior Championships is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The winners will be crowned as the "World Senior Champions" and awarded gold medals. However, it does not offer any prize money. The tour ...
.
Career
After his participation in the
1992 Olympic Games, Silva partnered with
Ricardo Fernandes and won the
Slovenian International The Slovenian International in badminton is an international open held in Slovenia
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title in 1994. He later swapped partners with
Marco Vasconcelos
Marco Paulo Pereira Vasconcelos (born 7 November 1971) is a male badminton player from Portugal. Vasconcelos played a big role in helping the Portuguese team to win bronze at the Helvetia Cup in 2005.
In his home country he won 15 titles at the ...
and won the
Portugal International The Portugal Open in badminton is an international open held annually in Portugal
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two consecutive times in 1997 and 1998 with
Hugo Rodrigues.
Achievements
World Senior Championships
''Men's singles''
''Mixed doubles''
Achievements
BWF/IBF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
...
tournament
:
BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
:
BWF Future Series
The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Portuguese male badminton players
Olympic badminton players for Portugal
Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
People from Peniche, Portugal
Sportspeople from Leiria District
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