- Cuba at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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Cuba at the Paralympic Games
Flag of CubaIPC code CUB NPC Comité Paralimpico Cubano At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in BeijingCompetitors 32 in 5 sports Medals
Rank: 23Gold
5Silver
3Bronze
6Total
14Paralympic history (summary) Summer Games 1960–1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 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]
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event 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 See also
References
- ^ "Cuba Para-Olympians for Dignity". Prensa Latina. 2008-08-26. http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={C00E40B3-0E26-4120-9CCC-E3494DD8732A}&language=EN. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- Cuba at the 2008 - Beijing Paralympics on paralympic.org
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