Kika, Julia, Mr. Tom Forte, Carlos Sala, Brad Glenn, Gus Stager, Bill Farley, Dick Kimball, Maggie Shook, Bob Bowman, Mona Nyheim and Jon Urbanchek. All of these coaches shared one thing in common: they participated in the Olympics or the Pan American Games, thus instilling the Olympic dream and the desire to rise above the rest of the competition from an early age. Canales was inducted into the Puerto Rico Sports Hall of Fame with the class of 1993, which also included internationally famous sports personalities: Orlando "Peruchin" Cepeda, Carlos "Charlie" Passarell, Raymond Dalmau, Amado Morales and Osvaldo Gil. In addition, he was also inducted into the City of Bayamon, P.R., Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. Fernando is married to Mona Nyheim-Canales, a Norwegian national swimming champion and Arizona Wildcat, she is the head assistant coach for Club Wolverine in Ann Arbor. They have two sons, Francisco Enrique Canales and Thor Bjorn Canales. Canales coached in Texas from 1992 to 2006 with the City of Richardson Swim team. He speaks five languages and has lived in Canada, Italy, Brazil, the United States and Puerto Rico. He is an active volunteer with the American Red Cross. See also List of Puerto Ricans References 1959 births Living people American Red Cross personnel Puerto Rican male freestyle swimmers Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers Puerto Rican male swimmers People from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Olympic swimmers of Puerto Rico Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games medalists in swimming University of Michigan alumni Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola alumni Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games