Francisco Nuno Fernandes (born 1 April 1969 in

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) is a retired

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athlete who specialised in

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. He represented Portugal at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, each time failing to qualify for the final. His personal record was 5.66 metres outdoors and 5.62 metres indoors, both set in 1996. Those marks stood as

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until being broken by Edi Maia in 2013 and 2012 respectively.

Competition record

References

Portuguese male pole vaulters 1969 births Living people Olympic athletes of Portugal Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Porto Universiade bronze medalists for Portugal Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub