Alejandro Hernando
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| Full name | Alejandro Fabián Hernando | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Argentina | ||||||||||||
| Born |
5 May 1976 San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 68 kg | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alejandro Fabián Hernando (born May 5, 1976 in San Martín, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's featherweight category.[1] He captured a bronze medal in the 68-kg division at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and represented his nation Argentina in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004).[2]
Hernando made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's featherweight class (68 kg). He moved directly into the quarterfinals with a first round bye, but ended abruptly by losing the match to Iran's Hadi Saei 0–3.[3][4]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Hernando qualified for his second Argentine team in the men's featherweight class (68 kg), by placing second behind Brazil's Diogo Silva and granting a berth from the Pan American Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Querétaro, Mexico.[5][6] Unlike his previous Olympics, Hernando failed to edge past the opening round after he was narrowly beaten by Danish neophyte Jesper Roesen at 10–11. With his opponent losing the next bout to South Korea's Song Myeong-seob, Hernando denied his chance to slip into the repechage bracket for the Olympic bronze medal.[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Alejandro Hernando". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ Butron, Marina (11 August 1999). "A los podios se sube a patadas" [Kicks off to climb the podium] (in Spanish). Olé. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Taekwondo – Men's Featherweight (68kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 52–56. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "Taekwondo: Safe passage for favourites". Oneindia.com. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ↑ "Athens 2004: Taekwondo – Men's Entry List by NOC" (PDF). Athens 2004. LA84 Foundation. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ↑ "Otros dos para Atenas" [Two additional places to Athens] (in Spanish). Clarín. 2 February 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ↑ "Taekwondo – Men's Featherweight (68kg/150lbs) Round of 16". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ↑ "Argentino va por el repechaje en taekwondo" [Argentine might have a prospect to compete in the taekwondo repechage] (in Spanish). Infobae.com. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2015.