Vanessa Fernandes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Vanessa Fernandes

triathlete

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1985

Place of Birth: Perosinho, Porto District, Portugal

Profession: long-distance runner, athletics competitor, triathlete

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Vanessa de Sousa Fernandes GOIH ComM OM (Portuguese pronunciation: [v?'n?s? f??'n?~d??]; born 14 September 1985) is a Portuguese athlete who is a former triathlon European and world champion, and an Olympic medalist.
In duathlon, she was also European and world champion. Fernandes won the European Triathlon Championships five consecutive years (5 elite and 3 under-23 titles), beginning in 2004, and on 1 September 2007, she became world champion for the first time, in Hamburg, Germany, managing to grab the only title (apart from the Olympic sceptre) missing from her career.
She competes for S.L.
Benfica since 2005.