Cuba competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consisted of 32 competitors in athletics, judo, powerlifting, swimming, and table tennis. The competitors came from 13 different provinces and were mostly first-year university students.[1]
Cuba at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
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IPC code | CUB |
NPC | Comité Paralimpico Cubano |
in Beijing | |
Competitors | 32 in 5 sports |
Flag bearer | Yunidis Castillo |
Medals Ranked 23rd |
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Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists edit
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Luis Manuel Galano | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T13 |
Gold | Leonardo Diaz | Athletics | Men's discus throw F55-56 |
Gold | Yunidis Castillo | Athletics | Women's 100 metres T46 |
Gold | Yunidis Castillo | Athletics | Women's 200 metres T46 |
Gold | Isao Cruz | Judo | Men's 81 kg |
Silver | Freddy Durruthy | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T13 |
Silver | Lazaro Raschid Aguilar | Athletics | Men's 800 metres T12 |
Silver | Lazaro Raschid Aguilar | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres T13 |
Bronze | Luis Felipe Gutierrez | Athletics | Men's 100 metres T13 |
Bronze | Arian Iznaga | Athletics | Men's 200 metres T11 |
Bronze | Ettiam Calderon | Athletics | Men's 200 metres T46 |
Bronze | Gerdan Fonseca | Athletics | Men's shot put F44 |
Bronze | Victor Sanchez | Judo | Men's 66 kg |
Bronze | Juan Carlos Cortada | Judo | Men's 100 kg |
Sports edit
Athletics edit
Men's track edit
Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Yuniesky Abreu | T13 | 1500m | 4:15.08 | 12 | did not advance | |||
Ernesto Blanco | T46 | 800m | 2:00.05 | 10 | did not advance | |||
1500m | 4:20.77 | 23 | did not advance | |||||
Ettiam Calderon | T46 | 100m | 11.21 | 6 Q | — | 11.57 | 8 | |
200m | 22.78 | 4 Q | — | 22.42 | ||||
Freddy Durruthy | T13 | 200m | 22.45 | 6 q | — | 22.51 | 6 | |
400m | 49.92 | 2 Q | — | 49.52 | ||||
Luis Manuel Galano | T13 | 200m | 22.04 | 3 Q | — | 22.00 | 4 | |
400m | 49.28 PR | 1 Q | — | 49.12 PR | ||||
Diosmany Gonzalez | T12 | 10000m | — | DNF | ||||
Marathon | — | 2:39:41 | 11 | |||||
Luis Felipe Gutiérrez | T13 | 100m | 11.12 | 3 Q | — | 10.98 | ||
200m | 22.04 | 3 Q | — | 22.31 | 5 | |||
Arián Iznaga | T11 | 200m | 22.91 | 1 Q | 22.95 | 3 Q | 22.79 | |
400m | DNS | did not advance | ||||||
Lazaro Raschid Aguilar | T12 | 800m | 1:56.98 | 4 Q | — | 1:52.40 | ||
T13 | 1500m | 4:01.18 | 2 Q | — | 4:06.40 | |||
5000m | DNF | did not advance | ||||||
Felix Rice | T11 | 100m | 11.49 | 5 q | 11.65 | 9 | did not advance | |
200m | 24.14 | 11 q | 24.64 | 11 | did not advance | |||
Julio Roque | T12 | 100m | 11.19 | 4 q | 11.13 | 4 B | 30.91 | 4 |
Men's field edit
Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
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Result | Points | Rank | |||
Ettiam Calderon | F46 | Long jump | 6.48 SB | - | 4 |
Leonardo Diaz | F55-56 | Discus throw | 40.87 WR | 1061 | |
Javelin throw | 30.70 SB | 842 | 5 | ||
Shot put | 10.10 SB | 870 | 14 | ||
Erick Figueredo | F55-56 | Shot put | 8.11 | 716 | 16 |
Gerdan Fonseca | F44 | Discus throw | 41.26 | 763 | 10 |
Shot put | 15.65 | 977 |
Women's track edit
Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Yunidis Castillo | T46 | 100m | 12.22 | 1 Q | — | 12.04 WR | ||
200m | 25.35 | 1 Q | — | 24.72 WR | ||||
Omara Durand | T13 | 100m | 12.65 | 4 Q | — | 12.59 | 6 | |
200m | 25.97 | 2 Q | — | 25.67 | 4 | |||
400m | 59.38 | 6 Q | — | DNF | ||||
Daineris Mijan | T12 | 100m | 12.93 | 5 Q | 12.99 | 8 B | 13.05 | 4 |
200m | DNS | did not advance |
Women's field edit
Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
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Result | Points | Rank | |||
Daineris Mijan | F12 | Long jump | 5.71 | - | 4 |
Judo edit
Men edit
Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 |
Repechage round 2 |
Final/ Bronze medal contest |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | ||
Juan Carlos Cortada | Men's 100kg | Rollo (FRA) W 1000-0000 |
Vlasov (RUS) W 1001-0000 |
Sardarov (AZE) L 0000-1000 |
— | Porter (USA) W 1000-0000 | |
Isao Cruz | Men's 81kg | Bye | Oga (JPN) W 0010-0000 |
Lencina (ARG) W 1101-0001 |
— | Jonard (FRA) W 0010-0000 | |
Jorge Hierrezuelo | Men's 73kg | Kurbanov (RUS) W 1012-0001 |
Avila (MEX) L 0000-0020 |
— | Pourabbas (IRI) W 1011-0000 |
Sydorenko (UKR) L H | |
Yargaliny Jiminez | Men's +100kg | Dewall (USA) L 0000-1000 |
did not advance | ||||
Sergio Perez | Men's 60kg | — | Rahmati (ALG) L 0010–0100 |
— | Borges (URU) W 0200-0000 |
Quilter (GBR) L 0000-1000 |
Did not advance |
Victor Sanchez | Men's 66kg | Falcon (VEN) W 1102-0000 |
Harris (GBR) W 1001-0000 |
Fujimoto (JPN) L H |
— | Karpeniuk (UKR) W 0120-0000 |
Women edit
Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 |
Repechage round 2 |
Final/ Bronze medal contest |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | ||
Maria Gonzalez | Women's 48kg | Akatsuka (JPN) W 1000–0000 |
Medjeded (FRA) W 0002-0000 |
Cardoso (BRA) L 0001-0002 |
— | Brussig (GER) L 0000-1000 |
Powerlifting edit
Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
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Luis Perea | 67.5kg | 180.0 | 7 |
Cesar Rubio | 52kg | 135.0 | 10 |
Swimming edit
Men edit
Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
Adonis Leon | S11 | 100m butterfly | 1:24.50 | 13 | did not advance | |
SB11 | 100m breaststroke | 1:22.40 | 8 Q | 1:22.74 | 8 |
Table tennis edit
Men edit
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Yunier Fernandez | Men's singles C1 | Cho J K (KOR) L 2–3 |
Vevera (AUT) L 0–3 |
Kilger (GER) W 3–0 |
3 | did not advance | |||
Isvel Trujillo | Lee H K (KOR) L 0-3 |
Ducay (FRA) L 0-3 |
Nikelis (GER) L 0-3 |
4 | did not advance | ||||
Erich Manso | Men's singles C9-10 | de la Bourdonnaye (FRA) L 0-3 |
Lukyanov (RUS) L 1-3 |
— | 3 | did not advance | |||
Yunier Fernandez Isvel Trujillo |
Men's team C1-2 | — | Slovakia (SVK) L 0-3 |
did not advance |
Women edit
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Yanelis Silva | Women's singles C3 | Li Q (CHN) L 0–3 |
Choi H J (KOR) L 0–3 |
Reynolds (IRL) W 3–2 |
3 | did not advance |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Cuba Para-Olympians for Dignity". Prensa Latina. 2008-08-26. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- Cuba at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics on paralympic.org