Yoennis Hernández
Cuban rower (born 1978)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yoennis Hernández Arruez (born 1 February 1978) is a Cuban former rower who competed at three Summer Olympics.
1 February 1978
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Cuban |
| Born | Yoennis Hernández Arruez 1 February 1978 |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Club | Guantánamo CR |
Medal record | |
Biography
Born in Guantánamo, Hernández had a long career in rowing for Cuba. He represented Cuba at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, as a double sculls and quadruple sculls rower.[1] In all of his Olympic events he was able to make it to the B Final. He won a total of ten Pan American Games medals during his career. At every games from 1999 to 2011 he won at least one medal, five of them golds.[2] He was also a regular competitor at the World Rowing Championships, with his best placing coming at Lucerne in 2001, when he and Yosbel Martínez were fourth in the doubles sculls[3]