Rui Fernandes (born 16 March 1971) is a
Portuguese sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed in the early to mid-1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-4 1000 m event 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 ...
in
Barcelona.
Four years later in
Atlanta, Fernandes was eliminated in the semifinals of both the
K-2 500 m and the
K-2 1000 m events.
References
Sports-Reference.com profile
1971 births
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Portugal
Portuguese male canoeists
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