Douglas ("Doug") Fernández (born November 22, 1959) is a retired male

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...

from Venezuela. His major achievement was winning the silver medal at the

1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.Taylor, William N., ''Anabolic Steroids and the ...

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

. He represented his native country at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles, California, finishing in 18th place.

Achievements

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1983 Year Ranking

1959 births Living people Venezuelan decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-athletics-bio-stub