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Vanessa Fernandes

1985 - Today

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Vanessa de Sousa Fernandes GOIH ComM OM (Portuguese pronunciation: [vɐˈnɛsɐ fɨɾˈnɐ̃dɨʃ]; born 14 September 1985) is a Portuguese athlete who is a former triathlon European and world champion, and an Olympic medalist. In duathlon, she was also European and world champion. Fernandes won the European Triathlon Championships five consecutive years (5 elite and 3 under-23 titles), beginning in 2004, and on 1 September 2007, she became world champion for the first time, in Hamburg, Germany, managing to grab the only title (apart from the Olympic sceptre) missing from her career. She competes for S.L. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vanessa Fernandes has received more than 49,353 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Vanessa Fernandes is the 3,036th most popular athlete (up from 3,147th in 2019), the 492nd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 507th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Portuguese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vanessa Fernandes ranks 3,036 out of 6,025Before her are Clarence DeMar, Thomas Johanson, Fred Kerley, Sergei Tchepikov, Ricardo Santos, and Marlene Mathews. After her are Natalya Antyukh, Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, Paweł Wojciechowski, Moses Tanui, Julia Simon, and Sturla Holm Lægreid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Vanessa Fernandes ranks 421Before her are Maki Goto, Orianthi, Ewa Sonnet, Cha Ye-ryun, Sarah Butler, and Alexander Dale Oen. After her are Sasha Pivovarova, Jonathan Sexton, Mirko Alilović, Vânia Fernandes, Janet Montgomery, and Alex Sandro da Silva.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Vanessa Fernandes ranks 492 out of 633Before her are José Sá (1993), Rúben Micael (1986), Ricardo Horta (1994), Pedro Barbosa (1970), Gonçalo Paciência (1994), and Jota (1999). After her are Vitorino Antunes (1987), Vânia Fernandes (1985), Pedro Mendes (1979), Alba Baptista (1997), José Azevedo (1973), and Artur Soares Dias (1979).

Among ATHLETES In Portugal

Among athletes born in Portugal, Vanessa Fernandes ranks 12Before her are Jonathan Jones (null), António Leitão (1960), Fernanda Ribeiro (1969), Rui Silva (1977), Manuela Machado (1963), and Carla Sacramento (1971). After her are Patrícia Mamona (1988), Marc Weber (null), Inês Henriques (1980), João Vieira (1976), Fernando Pimenta (1989), and David Morgan (null).