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Fernando Pimenta Sportsman of the year in Portugal

Fernando Pimenta Sportsman of the year in Portugal 20.12.2017

The year 2017 was a great year for the best Portuguese kayaker Fernando Pimenta. He won the 2017 ECA European Champion title in men’s K1 1000 metres final, he finished second in 5000 metres event of the European Championships in Plovdiv. He was World Champion in the 5000 meters event of the World Championships in Račice, and also picked up silver medal in 1000 metres event of the same championships. At the end of the year Portuguese Olympic Committee named him the best male athlete of the year.


28-year-old kayaker from Ponte de Lima, a town which hosted this year’s ECA Canoe Marathon European Championships, won the best sportsman of the year award like last year. Portuguese Olympic Committee awarded Fernando Pimenta for his excellent achievements in the most important international competitions of the year which were crowned with World and European Champion titles.
 
“This was a very important year for me, after the previous year when it did not go as I wanted. This year I was again consistent in terms of results,” said Pimenta upon receiving the Medal of Excellency of the Portuguese Olympic Committee.

 

Source: https://www.ojogo.pt/extra/noticias/interior/ines-henriques-e-fernando-pimenta-juntos-com-cr7-nos-premios-do-cop-8904489.html

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