Douglas ("Doug") Fernández (born November 22, 1959) is a retired male

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ� ...

from

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

. His major achievement was winning the silver medal at the

1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games, officially known as the IX Pan American Games () and commonly known as Caracas 1983, were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to inclu ...

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

. He represented his native country at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

, finishing in 18th place.

Achievements

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1983 Year Ranking

1959 births Living people Venezuelan decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Venezuela Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan sportsmen 21st-century Venezuelan people Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Bolivarian Games medalists in athletics {{Venezuela-athletics-bio-stub