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fernández at the masters épée 2012 caracas , venezuela 80 kg lb on 1.90 m ftin on silvio fernández -lrb- fencer born 1979 -rrb-
 men 's fencing 9 january 1979 right-handed silvio fernandez masters epee 2012.jpg -lsb- http://fie.org/fencers/fencer/10139 current ranking -rsb- silvio fernández épée
silvio fernández -lrb- fencer born 1979 -rrb-

silvio fernández briceño -lrb- born january 9 , 1979 in caracas , distrito capital -rrb- is a venezuelan épée fencer .
he has competed in three olympiads -lrb- 2004 , 2008 and 2012 -rrb- and four fie world championships -lrb- 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 -rrb- .
fernández has been ranked as high as third in the world on the fie points list .
he finished 2nd at the 2008 challenge bernadotte in stockholm .
in june 2013 he earned the gold medal in the pan american fencing championships in cartagena after defeating his fellow countryman rubén limardo .
