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Regino Hernández

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Regino Hernández
Regino Hernández
Personal information
Full nameRegino Hernández Martín
NationalitySpanish
Born (1991-07-25) 25 July 1991 (age 33)
Ceuta
Sport
CountrySpain
SportSnowboarding
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Snowboard cross
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sierra Nevada Snowboard team cross
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Valmalenco Snowboard cross

Template:Spanish name 2 Regino Hernández Martín (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈxino eɾˈnandeθ maɾˈtin]; born 25 July 1991 in Ceuta) is a Spanish snowboarder.

Career

On 29 March 2011, he won a gold medal in snowboard cross at the 2011 FIS Junior World Championships in Valmalenco, Italy.

Regino participated for the first time at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver 2010 where he was 31st. He was eliminated at the 1/8 round. Four years later in Sochi 2014 he reached the quarterfinals where he was eliminated finished 21st. In Pyeongchang 2018 he reached the final and achieved the bronze medal. It was Spain's first medal at the Winter Olympics since 1992.

His first World Cup podium was in La Molina, Spain on 15 March 2014.[1]

World Cup podiums

Individual events

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2014 15 Mar 2014 Spain La Molina, Spain Snowboard cross 3rd

Team events

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2017 18 Dec 2016 Austria Montafon, Austria Snowboard cross team 1st
2018 17 Dec 2017 Austria Montafon, Austria Snowboard cross team 1st
18 Mar 2018 Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard cross team 2nd

Olympic results

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2010 15 Feb 2010 Canada Vancouver, Canada Snowboard cross 31st
2014 18 Feb 2014 Russia Sochi, Rusia Snowboard cross 21st
2018 15 Feb 2018 South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea Snowboard cross 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "FIS-Ski – biographie". Fédération Internationale de Ski. Retrieved 15 March 2014.