Francisco Nuno Fernandes (born 1 April 1969) is a retired Portuguese athlete who specialised in pole vaulting. 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.
Competition record Representing 1989UniversiadeDuisburg, West Germany18th (q)Pole vault4.60 m1991UniversiadeSheffield, United Kingdom19th (q)Pole vault5.00 m9thDecathlon6932 pts1992Ibero-American ChampionshipsSeville, Spain2ndPole vault5.30 mOlympic GamesBarcelona, Spain29th (q)Pole vault5.00 m1993UniversiadeBuffalo, United States12thPole vault5.30 mWorld ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany36th (q)Pole vault5.25 m1994European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France –Pole vaultNMEuropean ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland16th (q)Pole vault5.40 mIbero-American ChampionshipsMar del Plata, Argentina1stPole vault5.15 m1995World Indoor ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain15th (q)Pole vault5.60 mWorld ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden19th (q)Pole vault5.40 mUniversiadeFukuoka, Japan3rdPole vault5.55 m1996European Indoor ChampionshipsStockholm, Sweden –Pole vaultNMOlympic GamesAtlanta, United States18th (q)Pole vault5.60 m1997UniversiadeCatania, Italy8thPole vault5.30 m1998Ibero-American ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal2ndPole vault5.55 mEuropean ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary –Pole vaultNM2000Ibero-American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil1stPole vault5.20 mOlympic GamesSydney, Australia32nd (q)Pole vault5.25 m2001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal9thPole vault5.45 m2002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria19th (q)Pole vault5.20 mIbero-American ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala2ndPole vault5.20 m
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