Fernando Pimenta

GOIH
Fernando Pimenta

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Ismael Fernandes Pimenta
Nationality	Portuguese
Born	(1989-08-13) 13 August 1989 Ponte de Lima
Website	fernandopimenta.com
Sport
Country	Portugal
Sport	Canoeing
Event(s)	K-1 1000m, K-1 5000m, K-2 1000m, K-4 1000m
Club	Clube Náutico de Ponte de Lima
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London K-2 1000m World Championships 2010 Poznań K-2 500 m 2014 Moscow K-4 1000 m 2015 Milan K-1 1000 m European Championships 2011 Belgrade K-4 1000 m 2016 Moscow K-1 1000 m 2016 Moscow K-1 5000 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 1000 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-1 5000 m 2011 Belgrade K-1 1000 m 2014 Brandenburg K-1 5000 m 2014 Brandenburg K-4 1000 m Universiade 2013 Kazan K-1 500 m 2013 Kazan K-1 1000 m

Fernando Ismael Fernandes Pimenta, GOIH, ComM (born 13 August 1989) is a Portuguese sprint and marathon canoeist who has won medals at the Summer Olympics, World and European championships.

Career

Pimenta has competed since the late 2000s. His first major result came at the 2010 World Championships in Poznań, Poland, when he won the K-2 500 metres silver medal together with João Ribeiro. One year later, he contributed to the Portuguese K-4 1000 metres gold medal at the European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, and claimed a bronze in the K-1 1000 metres.^[1] Together with Emanuel Silva, he won the silver medal in the K-2 1000 metres event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was Portugal's only medal at these Games.^[1]

In 2013, Pimenta won multiple medals in international events, namely two silvers (K-1 5000 metres and K-4 1000 metres) at the European Championships, held in Portugal's Montemor-o-Velho racing course,^[2] and two golds (K-1 500 and 1000 metres) at the Summer Universiade in Kazan.^[3] The following year, he secured his second world championship medal in Moscow, after a runner-up finish in the K-4 1000 metres event.^[3] At the European Championships in Brandenburg, Germany, Pimenta finished again in the top-three places of the K-1 5000 and K-4 1000 metres, taking a bronze medal in both events.

Pimenta participated in the inaugural edition of the European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he became the first Portuguese sprint canoeist to win a medal in this competition, after finishing second in the K-1 1000 metres event; a day later, he added another silver medal in the K-1 5000 metres. At the World Championships in Milan, Pimenta won the K-1 1000 metres bronze medal – his third medal at this level – and secured his country's qualification for this event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[3]

In 2016, Pimenta won his first individual continental titles after taking the K-1 1000 and 5000 metres gold medals at the European Championships in Moscow.^[4]

Orders

• Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry^[5]
• Commander of the Order of Merit^[6]

References