Fernanda Herrara | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara | ||||||||||||||
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | 26 February 2006||||||||||||||
Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 40 kg (88 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | Uzbekistan (2022-present) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Weapon | sabre | ||||||||||||||
Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara, known as Fernanda Herrera (born 26 February 2006 in Mexico City, México), is a Mexican-born naturalized Uzbekistani sabre fencer. [2] [3] In March 2023, she won an individual gold medal for Uzbekistan at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championship in Tashkent. [4] In September 2023, she and her sister Paola Pliego won team gold in sabre fencing at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. [2] Fernanda Herrara won another individual gold medal at a youth Fencing World Cup event in Tashkent in November 2023. [5]
Herrara is originally from Querétaro, Mexico, and was naturalized by Uzbekistan at age 13. [2] Her family left Mexico after her sister Paola Pliego was wrongfully excluded from the 2016 Rio Olympics, due to a rigged doping test. [2]
She started fencing at the age of 3, and now trains in Italy. [2]
In 2023, Herrara won the individual bronze and team gold at the Sabi Youth Cup in Ankara, Turkey. [2] Both she and her sister competed in the Asian Games and won team gold in September 2023. [2]
Fernanda Herrara | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara | ||||||||||||||
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | 26 February 2006||||||||||||||
Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 40 kg (88 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | Uzbekistan (2022-present) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Weapon | sabre | ||||||||||||||
Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara, known as Fernanda Herrera (born 26 February 2006 in Mexico City, México), is a Mexican-born naturalized Uzbekistani sabre fencer. [2] [3] In March 2023, she won an individual gold medal for Uzbekistan at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championship in Tashkent. [4] In September 2023, she and her sister Paola Pliego won team gold in sabre fencing at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. [2] Fernanda Herrara won another individual gold medal at a youth Fencing World Cup event in Tashkent in November 2023. [5]
Herrara is originally from Querétaro, Mexico, and was naturalized by Uzbekistan at age 13. [2] Her family left Mexico after her sister Paola Pliego was wrongfully excluded from the 2016 Rio Olympics, due to a rigged doping test. [2]
She started fencing at the age of 3, and now trains in Italy. [2]
In 2023, Herrara won the individual bronze and team gold at the Sabi Youth Cup in Ankara, Turkey. [2] Both she and her sister competed in the Asian Games and won team gold in September 2023. [2]