Orestes Kindelán

Medal record
Men's Baseball
Competitor for  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Team
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Team
Silver	2000 Sydney	Team
Baseball World Cup
Gold	1994 Managua	Team
Gold	2001 Taipei	Team
Intercontinental Cup
Silver	1997 Barcelona	Team
Goodwill Games
Gold	1990 Seattle	Team

Orestes Kindelán Olivares (born November 1, 1964 in Palma Soriano, Cuba) is the most prolific home run hitter in the history of post-revolutionary Cuban baseball, well known as "El Cañon de Dos Rios" and one of the offensive stars of the Cuban national baseball team, which won numerous World Cups and two Olympic gold medals during his tenure. He is the cousin of legendary Amateur boxer Mario Kindelán.

Records

Kindelán played the bulk of his 21 seasons for his home province's Santiago de Cuba Avispas (Wasps). He holds the following career records in the Cuban National Series:

• Home runs: 487 (With aluminium bat 17 series)
• Runs batted in: 1,511
• Total bases: 3,893

Trivia

• Kindelán played for Japanese corporate team Shidax between 2002 and 2004.
• Kindelán hit the longest home run ever at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, a third deck shot during the 1996 Olympics.^[1]

Related players

• Omar Linares
• Antonio Pacheco Massó

References

1. ^ Lowry, Philip (2006). Green Cathedrals. Walker & Company. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8027-1608-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=Afo5vtVTz4wC&lpg=PP1&dq=green%20cathedrals&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false. 

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Name	Kindelan, Orestes
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Date of birth	May 7, 1964
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