Paquillo Fernández

Francisco Javier Fernández Peláez (born 6 March 1977 in Guadix, Province of Granada, Andalusia), better known as Paquillo Fernández, is a retired Spanish race walker. He specialized in the 20 km race walk.

On 27 July 2008 he set a new 10-km race walk world record at the Spanish Championships in a time of 37:53.09.

International competitions Representing 1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 10,000 m 40:38.25 1997 European U23 Championships Turku, Finland 2nd 20 km 1:21:59 1998 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 1st 20 km 1:20:31 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd 20 km 1:21:39 1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 15th 20 km 1:27:23 World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France 12th 20 km 1:22:47 2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 3rd 20 km 1:18:56 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 7th 20 km 1:21:01 2001 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 4th 20 km 1:20:02 World Championships Edmonton, Canada — 20 km DNF 2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 20 km 1:18:37 2003 European Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 1st 20 km 1:19:48 World Championships Paris, France 2nd 20 km 1:18:00 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 2nd 20 km 1:19:45 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd 20 km 1:19:36 Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 1st 20 km 1:22:45 2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 20 km 1:19:09 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 1st 20 km 1:18:31 2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 2nd 20 km 1:22:40 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 7th 20 km 1:20:32 2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany — 20 km