German Fernandez (born November 2, 1990) is a retired American professional runner from Riverbank, California,[2] known for his performance in high school and collegiate cross country and track and field.

He previously held the World Junior Indoor Mile record at 3:55.02 until it was broken by Cameron Myers with a time of 3:53.12, subsequently bettered to 3:47.48.

[3] During his 2005 CIF State championship victory, he clocked the second fastest sophomore time of all divisions, 15:14, on the heralded Woodward Park course.

[6] This culminated with his performance at the 2007 California CIF state meet where he ran the 5k race in 14:24, breaking the historic course record set by Olympian Marc Davis by 14 seconds.

On February 16, 2008, Fernandez won the USATF Cross Country Junior Nationals at Mission Bay Park in San Diego in 24:18.

However, at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships he placed 5th in the 5000m, beating Derrick's American Junior Record in a time of 13:25.46.

[14] [15] Fernandez was coached by Jerry Schumacher in Portland, Oregon, where he trained with his 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships teammate Chris Derrick.