Nuria Fernández
Nuria Fernández (5) in Barcelona 2010
Personal information
Full nameNuria Fernández Domínguez
NationalitySpanish
Born (1976-08-16) 16 August 1976
Lucerne, Switzerland
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event1500 m
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Spain
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 Barcelona1500 m
Gold medal – first place2012 Helsinki1500 m
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 Paris1500 m

Nuria Fernández Domínguez (born 16 August 1976 in Luzern, Switzerland) is a Spanish middle distance runner. She specialises in the 1500 metres and is the Spanish record holder in the mile run and the 1500 m indoors.

Career

Fernández has represented Spain at the 2000, 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics as well as at the 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2011 World Championships in Athletics. She has also represented Spain at four European Championships in Athletics, three World Athletics Indoor Championships and four European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Fernández's best result came at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics where she won gold in the 1500 m, ahead of France's Hind Dehiba and Spain's Natalia Rodriguez. Following that result, she won silver at the 2011 European Indoor Championships in Athletics held in Paris, behind Russia's Elena Arzhakova. After a number of athletes were disqualified, Fernandez also won gold at the 2012 European Championships in Athletics held in Helsinki. She also finished fourth in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and fourth again in the 3000 m at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Although Fernández specializes in the 1500 m, she has achieved significant success in cross country events. She won bronze medals representing Spain in the team competition at both the 2009 European Cross Country Championships held in Dublin (Ireland) and the 2010 European Cross Country Championships held in Albufeira (Portugal).[1] She followed this with a win at the Cross Internacional de San Sebastián in January 2011,[2] and a victory at the Spanish Cross Country Championships in February 2011.[3]

She ran at the Cursa Bombers 10 km race in 2010 and finished second behind Jéssica Augusto in a time of 33:03.[4] Fernández ran a world-leading and personal best time of 8:38.05 in the 3000 metres at the Gran Premio de Andalucía in Huelva, beating opposition including Ines Chenonge and Sara Moreira.[5]

On 9 December 2010 Fernández was questioned as a witness in relation to Operation Galgo, an investigation into a Spanish athletics doping ring being carried out by the Guardia Civil.[6] She denied all charges of doping and was allowed to remain on the team that represented Spain at the European Cross Country Championships held in Albufeira, Portugal.[7] El País reported that her coach, Manuel Pascua, admitted to police that he organised doping schedules for his athletes.[8] Pascua later denied this report.[9]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Spain
1993 European Junior Championships San Sebastián, Spain 6th (h) 800m 2:10.71
1994 World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 15th (sf) 800m 2:11.38
1995 European Junior Championships Nyíregyháza, Hungary 7th (h) 800m 2:10.21
1997 European U23 Championships Turku, Finland 13th (h) 800m 2:06.05
Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 8th 800m 2:08.87
1998 Ibero-American Championships Lisbon, Portugal 2nd 1500m 4:20.20
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 36th (h) 800m 2:04.89
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 10th (h) 1500 m 4:09.39
2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 10th (sf) 1500 m 4:10.92
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 7th 1500 m 4:15.37
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 12th 1500 m 4:17.86
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 8th 1500 m 4:07.11
World Cup Madrid, Spain 7th 1500 m 4:11.56
2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 17th (sf) 1500 m 4:07.68
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 7th 1500 m 4:12.04
Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 3rd 1500 m 4:11.20
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 7th (h) 1500 m 4:17.12
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 14th (h) 1500 m 4:08.91
2008 World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 6th 1500 m 4:08.24
2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 4th 3000 m 8:49.49
World Championships Berlin, Germany 4th 1500 m 4:04.91
2010 Ibero-American Championships San Fernando, Spain 1st 1500 m 4:05.71
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 1500 m 4:00.20
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 2nd 1500 m 4:14.04
World Cross Country Championships Punta Umbría, Spain 24th 8 km 26:39
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 1st 1500 m 4:08.80
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 21st (sf) 1500 m 4:06.57
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 5th 5000 m 15:35.59
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 10th 3000 m 9:05.17

Personal bests

References

  1. ↑ Magnífica actuación española en Albufeira (in Spanish).Real Federación Española de Atletismo (14 October 2010). Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Valiente, Emeterio (1 February 2011). Menjo and Fernández excel in San Sebastián XC while Cáceres eyes indoor success – Spanish weekend round-up. IAAF. Retrieved on 1 February 2011.
  3. ↑ RFEA. CAMPO A TRAVÉS - Campeonato de España Individual - MUJERES. Retrieved on 11 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Valiente, Emeterio (19 April 2010). Menjo blazes 27:04 10Km in Barcelona. IAAF. Retrieved on 23 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Valinete, Emeterio (10 June 2010). 3000m World lead for Nuria Fernández in Huelva. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 June 2010.
  6. ↑ La Guardia Civil interroga a Nuria Fernández y Reyes Estévez (in Spanish).El País (10 December 2010). Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  7. ↑ El agente de Nuria Fernández desmiente que haya estado detenida (in Spanish).Marca (10 December 2010). Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  8. ↑ Arribas, Carlos (31 December 2010). Nuria y 35.000 más en Vallecas. El País. Retrieved on 1 January 2011.
  9. ↑ Manuel Pascua: "Nunca he drogado a nadie". 20Minutos.es. Retrieved on 11 March 2011.
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