Vanessa Fernandes

GOIH, OM

Vanessa Fernandes

Fernandes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Vanessa de Sousa Fernandes
Nationality	Portuguese
Born	(1985-09-14) 14 September 1985 (age 39) Perosinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Portugal
Sport	Triathlon
Club	Benfica
Medal record Women's triathlon Representing  Portugal Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Women's race ITU World Championships 2007 Hamburg Elite women's race 2006 Lausanne Elite women's race 2003 Queenstown Junior women's race ITU Triathlon World Cup 2006 Overall World Cup 2007 Overall World Cup European Championships 2003 Carlsbad Junior women's race 2004 Tiszaújváros U-23 women's race 2004 Valencia Elite women's race 2005 Sofia U-23 women's race 2005 Lausanne Elite women's race 2006 Rijeka U-23 women's race 2006 Autun Elite women's race 2007 Copenhagen Elite women's race 2008 Lisbon Elite women's race 2008 Pulpi U-23 women's race 2002 Győr Junior women's race Women's duathlon ITU Duathlon World Championships 2007 Győr Elite women's race 2008 Rimini Elite women's race ETU Duathlon European Championships 2006 Rimini Elite women's race 2002 Zeitz Junior women's race

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.^[1] 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. Benfica since 2005.