Luisa Fernanda Herrera

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrara and the second or maternal family name is Lara.
Fernanda Herrara
Full nameLuisa Fernanda Herrera Lara
Born (2006-02-26) 26 February 2006 (age 18)
Mexico City, Mexico
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight40 kg (88 lb)
Sport
Country Uzbekistan (2022-present)
Weaponsabre
Handright-handed
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Uzbekistan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team[1]

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]

Early life and education

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]

Other career highlights

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]

References

  1. ^ Luisa Fernanda
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Avilés, Martin (3 December 2023). "Mexicana gana oro por equipos en Mundial Juvenil de Sable… ¡con Uzbekistán!". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Mexico. Retrieved 1 June 2024 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ Luisa Fernanda
  4. ^ Garosso, Yarek (27 March 2023). "Buscan éxito en otro lado: Crece éxodo de deportistas. Se van de México por fallas en sistemas, procesos poco claros y nulas garantías". Mural (in Spanish). Guadalajara, Mexico. Retrieved 1 June 2024 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ "Fencing World Cup: saber fencers of Uzbekistan showed their superiority". UzDaily. Disco Digital Media. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024 – via ProQuest.