Janier Concepción

Janier Concepción Hernández (born 6 September 1985) is a Cuban former rower who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Janier Concepción

Personal information
Birth name	Janier Concepción Hernández
Born	(1985-09-06) 6 September 1985 (age 39) Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's Rowing Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Double sculls 2007 Rio de Janeiro Quadruple sculls 2011 Guadalajara Double sculls 2011 Guadalajara Quadruple sculls 2015 Toronto Coxless four

Biography

Concepción, who comes from Sancti Spíritus, earned two gold medals at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, winning the doubles sculls and quadruple sculls events.^[1] It was in quadruple sculls that he represented Cuba at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, teamed up with Yuleidys Cascaret, Ángel Fournier and Yoennis Hernández.^[2] They made it to the B final and finished in 12 position overall. He appeared at the World Rowing Championships four times during his career.^[3]