Fernando Fabricio Platas Álvarez (born March 16, 1973, in

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) is a Mexican diver. He began diving since he was a young boy. In 1990 he won in

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two tests of 2 and 10 metres, and in that same year he won three gold medals in the Central American Games which took place in Mexico City. In 1992, he represented Mexico in the

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and in 1993 he won a silver medal in the

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Championships. Winner of the silver medal in the FINA Championships, for 1999 he won the gold medal in the 3 metre springboard. During the

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in Sydney, Australia he won the silver medal in the 3 metre springboard. In his résumé, he is also distinguished by winning the Sport National Award in 1995, and he has been twice the standard-bearer of the Mexican Olympic Delegation in the

and in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in

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. He ran the National Action Party federal deputy for the Federal Electoral District XXIV Mexico State in the elections of 2009.

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