Paquillo Fernández. Olympic Athlete

COACH

A daily effort to be the best

Achieving success through hard work has always been one of my mottos and will continue to be so; if you work hard you can achieve anything you set your mind to.

Yes, the road will be long and hard, you'll have to get up again and again, but the more times you try, the more opportunities you'll have.

I started as a coach in 2010 and although I have always known my body and my sensations very well, that same year I had the opportunity to start training my great friend and Irish athlete Robert Heffernan, a training partner, years before in the group of Robert Korzeniowski (my coach) who was the winner of 4 Olympic Gold medals.

With “Rob” I learned so much and was able to apply all my experience as an athlete to him, leading him to become World Champion in 2013 and an Olympic medalist in London 2012 in the 50km race walk. During those years I also trained as a coach, obtaining the title of National Coach and putting all my knowledge as an athlete into practice, although I continued to compete while also working as a coach.

COACH

A daily effort to be the best

Achieving success through hard work has always been one of my mottos and will continue to be so; if you work hard you can achieve anything you set your mind to.

Yes, the road will be long and hard, you'll have to get up again and again, but the more times you try, the more opportunities you'll have.

I started as a coach in 2010 and although I have always known my body and my sensations very well, that same year I had the opportunity to start training my great friend and Irish athlete Robert Heffernan, a training partner, years before in the group of Robert Korzeniowski (my coach) who was the winner of 4 Olympic Gold medals.

With “Rob” I learned so much and was able to apply all my experience as an athlete to him, leading him to become World Champion in 2013 and an Olympic medalist in London 2012 in the 50km race walk. During those years I also trained as a coach, obtaining the title of National Coach and putting all my knowledge as an athlete into practice, although I continued to compete while also working as a coach.

Achieving success through hard work

If you work hard you can achieve anything you set your mind to, although the road will be long and hard.

From 2010 onwards he combined the work of coaching Irish race walkers with advising amateur runners from the RUN 04 club.

At the end of 2016 I started working with the Guatemalan Olympic Committee and its Athletics Federation, training Erick Barrondo (the only Olympic medalist in the history of his country) and also Mirna Ortiz, the Pan American Games Champion at that time.

Without a doubt, it was an enriching experience that taught me a great deal, both professionally and personally. Ultimately, we were able to reflect and implement this learning in their development as athletes, both technically and physically, during competitions.

Achieving success through hard work

If you work hard you can achieve anything you set your mind to, although the road will be long and hard.

From 2010 onwards he combined the work of coaching Irish race walkers with advising amateur runners from the RUN 04 club.

At the end of 2016 I started working with the Guatemalan Olympic Committee and its Athletics Federation, training Erick Barrondo (the only Olympic medalist in the history of his country) and also Mirna Ortiz, the Pan American Games Champion at that time.

Without a doubt, it was an enriching experience that taught me a great deal, both professionally and personally. Ultimately, we were able to reflect and implement this learning in their development as athletes, both technically and physically, during competitions.

Continuous learning and perseverance are part of my life

My professional career as a coach throughout these years has been and continues to be a continuous learning process.

Joining them was Alex Wright, an English athlete who became an Irish citizen, now with two Olympic Games under his belt after Tokyo 2021. In August 2020, Johana Ordóñez, champion of the 50km Pan American Games in Lima 2019, joined our group. She was the athlete who snatched the gold medal from us at the Pan American Games ahead of Mirna, and a year later she would start training with our group.

In 2021, a promising Mexican, Julio Salazar, 27 years old, joined my group. He had already achieved Olympic glory at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games, and was just missing out on qualifying for the Tokyo 2021 Games.

My professional career as a coach throughout these years has been and continues to be a continuous learning process, in which I always try to stay at the forefront and expand my knowledge in any aspect that can make me better and that always benefits my athletes.

Continuous learning and perseverance are part of my life.

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INTERNATIONAL

The commitment between coach and athlete is fundamental

I always trust my athletes, and they trust me, to be a team built on respect and professionalism. I believe that's the most important thing for achieving our goals and working as a true team.

I have been fortunate enough to be able to train many athletes and friends, who, to a greater or lesser extent, always work to be the best and achieve the goals we set for ourselves.

I am fortunate to be able to put all my experience with different athletes into practice in recent years as a coach.