Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Fernández Ochoa ya fara halartar wasannin kasa da kasa yana da shekara 17 a gasar Olympics ta hunturu ta 1968, inda ya kammala na 38 a gasar
saukowa da kuma giant slalom, da kuma 23rd a cikin slalom. Farkonsa na farko a cikin manyan goma a gasar cin kofin duniya ya kasance a kakar wasa ta gaba, a matsayin na shida a slalom a Megève, Faransa, a ranar 26 ga Janairu, 1969.