Fernando Jorge | |
Fullname: | Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez |
Birth Date: | 1998 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Cienfuegos, Cuba |
Height: | 173 cm |
Weight: | 70 kg |
Country: | Cuba |
Sport: | Canoe sprint |
Club: | Equipo Nacional |
Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez (born 3 December 1998) is a Cuban sprint canoeist. He took up canoeing in late 2015 and won the 2016 Pan American Championships with Serguey Torres in the C-2 1000 m event . They finished sixth at the 2016 Olympics.[1] [2] He also competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and won a gold medal in the Men's C-2 1000 metres event.[3]
In 2022, Jorge defected from Cuba while he was traveling in Mexico.[4] He will be competing as a refugee athlete representing the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics.