Victor_Abel_Riveros
Víctor Fatecha
Paraguayan javelin thrower
Víctor Abel Fatecha Riveros (born 10 March 1988 in Concepción) is a Paraguayan athlete specializing in the javelin throw. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing without reaching the final.
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Full name | Víctor Abel Fatecha Riveros | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Paraguay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1988-03-10) March 10, 1988 (age 36) Concepción, Paraguay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 114 kg (251 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fatecha is tied to Paraguay Marathon Club and competes in Paraguay's national competitions under the Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo.[1]
He belongs to a line of Paraguayan throwers, such as Ramón Jiménez Gaona (discus), Nery Kennedy (javelin) and Edgar Baumann (javelin), who all had successful careers.[2]
In 2014 Fatecha was one of three Paraguayan throwers to reach over 70 metres, including Larson Giovanni Diaz Martinez and Fabian Jara.[3]
Victor Fatecha is the younger brother of association footballer Cristian Fatecha.
- Olimpia Asunción (2005)[4]
- Universidad Autónoma de Asunción (–2013)
- Paraguay Marathon Club (2014–)
- Thomas Zuddy (2004)
- Claudio Zúñiga (2005)[4]
- Plinio Penzzi
- Javelin throw: 79.03 m – Moscow, 15 August 2013
IAAF Profile[5]
700g
- 2003 - 65.52
- 2004 - 74.11
- 2005 - 77.21 (PB)
800g
- 2004 - 68.25
- 2005 - 69.32
- 2006 - 76.79
- 2007 - 78.01
- 2008 - 76.55
- 2009 - 77.82
- 2010 - 76.34
- 2011 - 76.92
- 2012 - 75.15
- 2013 - 79.03 (PB)
- 2014 - 76.09
- 2015 - 77.69
- 2016 - 75.20
- 2017 - 74.57
- 2018 - 71.55
International Competitions
National Competitions
- Speranza, Javier. "Fredy Maidana y Víctor Fatecha quieren más medallas". Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- Color, ABC. "El talento más luminoso de Paraguay - Deportes - ABC Color". Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- Color, ABC. "Paraguay Marathon Club campeón 2014 - Deportes - ABC Color". Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- "IAAF: Víctor Fatecha – Paraguay's brightest talent- News - iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- "IAAF: Victor Abel FATECHA RIVEROS - Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- Color, ABC. "Kennedy se clasifica para torneos internacionales - Deportes - ABC Color". Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- "Resultados Torneo Sajonia Y Clasificatorio Odesur" (PDF) (in Spanish).