Fernando Platas
Personal information
Full nameFernando Fabricio Platas Álvarez
NationalityMexico Mexico
Born (1973-03-16) March 16, 1973
Mexico City, Mexico
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight132 lb (60 kg)
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing  Mexico
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 3m Springboard
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Fukuoka 10m Platform Synchro
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata 3m Springboard
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata 10m Platform
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg 10m Platform
Silver medal – second place 1995 Mar del Plata 1m Springboard
Silver medal – second place 1999 Winnipeg 3m Springboard
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo 3m Springboard
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo Synchronized Platform
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1995 Fukuoka 3 m springboard
Silver medal – second place 1993 Buffalo 3 m springboard
Silver medal – second place 1993 Buffalo 10 m platform
Silver medal – second place 1999 Palma de Mallorca10 m platform
Silver medal – second place 2001 Beijing 3 m springboard
Silver medal – second place 2001 Beijing Synchronized springboard
Silver medal – second place 2001 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Fukuoka 10 m platform

Fernando Fabricio Platas Álvarez (born March 16, 1973, in Mexico City)[1] is a Mexican diver. He began diving since he was a young boy. In 1990 he won in Germany 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 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and in 1993 he won a silver medal in the FINA Championships.

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

During the 2000 Summer Olympics 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 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece.

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

References

  1. ↑ "La debacle de Fernando Platas | la Crónica de Hoy".
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