Rui António Fernandes

Biography

Born in Coimbra. After finishing the secondary school at Escola Secundária Quinta das Flores (Coimbra) moved to the University of Coimbra where attained the degree of Graduate in Sports Science (2004-2008) with the dissertation, "Comparison of the anaerobic threshold at 4 mmol.l-1 in Kayak and Kayak-ergometer". Later obtained the Master degree in Sports Science – Master Course in Youth Sports Training by the University of Coimbra (2011-2013) with the dissertation, “Analysis of the relationships between the anthropometric characteristics of young kayakers, the paddle set-up, and the performance”. Since then, has been involved with canoe sprint as a collaborator of the Portuguese Canoe Federation (2014-2019). Also, as a canoe sprint coach, in Clube Fluvial de Coimbra (2015-2019), and Associação Académica de Coimbra (2017-...). Highlighting the following results: University Sprint Canoe Team (2017; 2018; 2019; 2021) - National University Champions; Men's K1 Juniors (2019) - 3rd place Portuguese Canoe Sprint Cup K1-200 m; University Sprint Canoe Team (2018) - European University Champions, (EUG Coimbra); Men's C1 Senior (2018) - 2nd place in the European Marathon Championships; - 2nd place in the Marathon World Cup (Long Race); - 2nd Place Marathon World Cup (Short Race); - 9th place World Marathon Championship (Long Race); - 9th place Canoe Sprint World Championship C1-5000 m; - 1st place 5000 m National Championships; - 2nd place National Marathon Championships; Women's K1 Juniors (2018) - 3rd place Portuguese Canoe Sprint Cup K1-200 m; Men's K1 U-23 (2018) - 3rd place Portuguese Canoe Sprint Cup K1-200 m. SURFSKI SS2 U-23 Men (2018) - World Cup winners. He is currently a invited assistant professor at the University of Coimbra, and is enrolled in Ph.D. studies.