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Vanessa de Sousa Fernandes,
portuguese athlete, was born on September 14, 1985 at Perosinho, VILA
Nova de Gaia – PORTO
She's daughter of the great Portuguese cyclist -
Venceslau Fernandes - her first coach.
She began swimming at six years old. With thirteen
she started practicing athletics at FC Porto.
In 1999 began her professional career in Peniche's Triathlon. At age 15 she
joined the Jamor's High Performance Centre ( the most important in Portugal)
She won 20 victories in the World Cup Triathlon!
Was vice-Olympic champion in Beijing 2008 triathlon, where she received a
silver medal.
Currently she get an activity fully dedicated to the young, Triathlon
Project 2013-2016 whose program includes the detection of
Portuguese Talents.
Currently their coaches are: Sergio Santos and Antonio Jourdan
Sources: http://www.infopedia.pt/$vanessa-fernandes;jsessionid=Mhq8PzBo9gjDIytXGZnDjw
http://pesquisa.cmjornal.xl.pt/?q=%20PEROSINHO
http://superstars.kids.sapo.pt/estrelas/atletas/vanessa-fernandes
EB1/JI Vila Nova da Baronia