Regino Hernández
Regino Hernández Martín (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈxino eɾˈnandeθ maɾˈtin]; born 25 July 1991 in Ceuta) is a Spanish snowboarder. In 2018, he became the first person born on the African continent to win a winter Olympic medal.
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| Full name | Regino Hernández Martín | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 July 1991 Ceuta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
Olympic results
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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| 2010 | 15 Feb 2010 | .svg.png){kind=small} | Snowboard cross | 31st |
| 2014 | 18 Feb 2014 |  | Snowboard cross | 21st |
| 2018 | 15 Feb 2018 |  | Snowboard cross |  |
References
- "FIS-Ski – biographie". Fédération Internationale de Ski. Retrieved 15 March 2014.