Paquillo Fernández

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Peláez.

Francisco Javier Fernández Peláez (born 6 March 1977 in Guadix, Province of Granada, Andalusia), better known as Paquillo Fernández, is a retired Spanish race walker. He specialized in the 20 km race walk.

Paquillo Fernández

Fernández at the 2007 World Championships
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	20 km walk
World Championships
	2003 Paris	20 km walk
	2005 Helsinki	20 km walk
	2007 Osaka	20 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
	2006 A Coruña	20 km walk
	2008 Cheboksary	20 km walk
European Championships
	2002 Munich	20 km walk
	2006 Gothenburg	20 km walk
	1998 Budapest	20 km walk

On 27 July 2008 he set a new 10-km race walk world record at the Spanish Championships in a time of 37:53.09.^[1]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Spain
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	1st	10,000 m	40:38.25
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	2nd	20 km	1:21:59
1998	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	1st	20 km	1:20:31
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	20 km	1:21:39
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	15th	20 km	1:27:23
	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	12th	20 km	1:22:47
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	3rd	20 km	1:18:56
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	7th	20 km	1:21:01
2001	European Race Walking Cup	Dudince, Slovakia	4th	20 km	1:20:02
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	—	20 km	DNF
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st	20 km	1:18:37
2003	European Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	1st	20 km	1:19:48
	World Championships	Paris, France	2nd	20 km	1:18:00
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	2nd	20 km	1:19:45
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	20 km	1:19:36
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	1st	20 km	1:22:45
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	20 km	1:19:09
	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	1st	20 km	1:18:31
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	20 km	1:22:40
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	7th	20 km	1:20:32
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	—	20 km	DNF

See also

• 2002 Race Walking Year Ranking
• List of doping cases in sport
• List of world records in athletics