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Fernando Huergo

Fernando Huergo

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games • Administrator
Sex	Male
Full name	Fernando Ignacio•Huergo Tonnelier
Used name	Fernando•Huergo
Born	31 July 1908 in Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (ARG)
Died	3 April 1995 (aged 86 years 8 months 3 days)
NOC	👁 Image Argentina

Biography

Brigadier-general Fernando Huergo had the following podium finishes at major championships: 2nd in the 1951 Pan American Games sabre team (with Edgardo Pomini, Manuel Agüero, and the non-Olympians Ercole González Repetto, Guillermo Watkins, and José M. Casanovas Celesia), 3rd in the 1955 Pan American Games sabre team (with Daniel Sande, Félix Galimi, Fulvio Galimi, and the non-Olympians Florencio Watkins and Ernesto Marcelo).

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos
1948 Summer Olympics	Fencing	👁 Image ARG	Fernando Huergo
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic)	6 p2 r2/4
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic)	Argentina	=5

Organization roles

Role	Organization	Tenure	NOC	As
President	Comité Olímpico Argentino	1955—1957	👁 Image ARG	Fernando Huergo

List mentions

Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Pan American Games (0–1–1 1951 Buenos Aires FEN silver: sabre team; 1955 Ciudad de México FEN bronze: sabre team)
Listed in Olympians Who Served as President of a National Olympic Committee (ARG: 1955-1957)