Janier Concepción Hernández (born 6 September 1985) is a

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

n former

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

who competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

Biography

Concepción, who comes from

Sancti Spíritus Sancti Spíritus () is a municipality and capital city of the province of Sancti Spíritus in central Cuba and one of the oldest Cuban European settlements. Sancti Spíritus is the genitive case of Latin ''Sanctus Spiritus'' ("Holy Spirit"). ...

, earned two gold medals at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Rio 2007, were a major Americas, continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of ...

in Rio de Janeiro, winning the doubles sculls and quadruple sculls events. It was in quadruple sculls that he represented Cuba at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, teamed up with Yuleidys Cascaret,

Ángel Fournier Ángel Fournier Rodríguez (31 December 1987 – 16 March 2023) was a Cuban rower. He finished 12th in the quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 7th in the single sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics, then took the silver medal at the 2 ...

and Yoennis Hernández. They made it to the B final and finished in 12 position overall. He appeared at the World Rowing Championships four times during his career.

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