Fernanda Herrera
Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara, known as Fernanda Herrera, is a Mexican-born naturalized Uzbekistani sabre fencer. In March 2023, she won an individual gold medal for Uzbekistan at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championship in Tashkent. In September 2023, she and her sister Paola Pliego won team gold in Fencing at the [2022 Asian Games – Women's team sabre|sabre fencing at the 2022 Asian Games] in Hangzhou. Fernanda Herrara won another individual gold medal at a youth Fencing World Cup event in Tashkent in November 2023.
Early life and education
Herrara is originally from Querétaro, Mexico, and was naturalized by Uzbekistan at age 13. Her family left Mexico after her sister Paola Pliego was wrongfully excluded from the 2016 Rio Olympics, due to a rigged doping test.She started fencing at the age of 3, and now trains in Italy.