Portuguese pole vaulter
Francisco Nuno Fernandes (born 1 April 1969 in Porto, Portugal) is a retired Portuguese athlete who specialised in pole vaulting.[1] He represented Portugal at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, each time failing to qualify for the final.
His personal record was 5.66 metres outdoors and 5.62 metres indoors, both set in 1996. Those marks stood as national records until being broken by Edi Maia in 2013 and 2012 respectively.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
Representing  Portugal |
| 1989 | Universiade | Duisburg, West Germany | 18th (q) | Pole vault | 4.60 m |
| 1991 | Universiade | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 19th (q) | Pole vault | 5.00 m |
| 9th | Decathlon | 6932 pts |
| 1992 | Ibero-American Championships | Seville, Spain | 2nd | Pole vault | 5.30 m |
| Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 29th (q) | Pole vault | 5.00 m |
| 1993 | Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 12th | Pole vault | 5.30 m |
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 36th (q) | Pole vault | 5.25 m |
| 1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | – | Pole vault | NM |
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 16th (q) | Pole vault | 5.40 m |
| Ibero-American Championships | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 1st | Pole vault | 5.15 m |
| 1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 15th (q) | Pole vault | 5.60 m |
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 19th (q) | Pole vault | 5.40 m |
| Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 3rd | Pole vault | 5.55 m |
| 1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | – | Pole vault | NM |
| Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 18th (q) | Pole vault | 5.60 m |
| 1997 | Universiade | Catania, Italy | 8th | Pole vault | 5.30 m |
| 1998 | Ibero-American Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 2nd | Pole vault | 5.55 m |
| European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | – | Pole vault | NM |
| 2000 | Ibero-American Championships | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Pole vault | 5.20 m |
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 32nd (q) | Pole vault | 5.25 m |
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 9th | Pole vault | 5.45 m |
| 2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 19th (q) | Pole vault | 5.20 m |
| Ibero-American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2nd | Pole vault | 5.20 m |
