Paquillo Fernández

Paquillo Fernández is a Spanish ex-athlete who has a great track record during his career.

Paquillo, who was once Olympic runner-up and three runner-up world 20 km march, in addition to double European champion, stopped marching with 35 years old and his image was completely ruined by Operation Grail. In February 2010 he himself confessed having been in possession of forbidden substances.

The Civil Guard had registered his home and found doping products, among them EPO (erythropoietin) vials and hormones. Paquillo denied, however, having consumed such substances. He only admitted to being tempted to buy them for the purpose of using them the following season, in view of their poor results at the Beijing Games and the World Championships in Berlin. "Fortunately, those products were never used," he said. The temptation to take that substances was very strong.

Referencia:
- Penti y Paquillo, vidas paralelas. (2014). ELMUNDO. Retrieved 16 May 2017, from http://www.elmundo.es/deportes/2014/03/12/532045f8268e3ec63a8b4571.html