Fernando Platas
| Fernando Platas | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 16 1973  Mexico
City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Diver |
| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Mexico |
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| Men's Diving | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | Sydney 2000 | 3m Springboard | |
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 2001 Fukuoka | 10m Platform Synchro | |
| Pan American Games | |||
| Gold | Mar del Plata 1995 | 3m Springboard | |
| Gold | Mar del Plata 1995 | 10m Platform | |
| Silver | Mar del Plata 1995 | 1m Springboard | |
| Gold | Winnipeg 1999 | 10m Platform | |
| Silver | Winnipeg 1999 | 3m Springboard | |
| Silver | Santo Domingo 2003 | 3m Springboard | |
| Silver | Santo Domingo 2003 | Synchronized Platform | |
Fernando Fabricio Platas Álvarez (born March 16, 1973 in Mexico City) 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 resumé also distinguish by winning in 1995 the Sport National Award and he has been twice standard-bearer of the Mexican Olympic Delegation, in 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece.
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