Ángel Fournier Rodríguez (31 December 1987 – 16 March 2023) was a Cuban rower. He finished 12th in the quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 7th in the single sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics, then took the silver medal at the 2013 World Rowing Championships. He was 6th in the single sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics, then at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, he won silver in the single sculls.[1]
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| Birth name | Ángel Fournier Rodríguez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1987 Guantánamo, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 March 2023 (aged 35) Dallas, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fournier died from a heart attack on 16 March 2023, at the age of 35.[2]
References
edit- ^ "(M1x) Men's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ Fallece el remero cubano Ángel Fournier a causa de un infarto (in Spanish)
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