Ángel Fournier

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fournier and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
Ángel Fournier
Personal information
Birth nameÁngel Fournier Rodríguez
Born(1987-12-31)31 December 1987
Guantánamo, Cuba
Died16 March 2023(2023-03-16) (aged 35)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Cuba
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Chungju Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sarasota Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Amsterdam Single sculls
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Quadruple sculls
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Double sculls
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Quadruple sculls

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]

Fournier died from a heart attack on 16 March 2023, at the age of 35.[2]

References

  1. ^ "(M1x) Men's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. ^ Fallece el remero cubano Ángel Fournier a causa de un infarto (in Spanish)