Norge Luis Vera

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Vera and the second or maternal family name is Peralta.

Medal record
Men's Baseball
Competitor for  Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver	2000 Sydney	Team
Gold	2004 Athens	Team
Silver	2008 Beijing	Team
Baseball World Cup
Gold	1998 Rome	Team
Gold	2001 Taipei	Team
Gold	2003 Havana	Team
Silver	2009 Nettuno	Team
Intercontinental Cup
Gold	2002 Havana	Team
Gold	2006 Taichung	Team
Pan American Games
Gold	1999 Winnipeg	Team
Gold	2003 Santo Domingo	Team
Gold	2007 Rio de Janeiro	Team

Norge Luis Vera Peralta (born October 3, 1971 in Siboney, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba) is a right-handed baseball pitcher, who has been a frequent member of the Cuban national baseball team.

In Cuba, Vera pitches for Santiago de Cuba of the Cuban National Series. He has been a dominating force for years, including the 1999-2000 series, when he led the league with a 0.97 ERA, 17 victories and eight shutouts—all in a 90-game season.^[1]

Vera was seriously injured in November 2009, while trying to stop a fight as an uninvolved bystander in Santiago, Cuba.^[2] He was struck in the face by a blunt instrument, sustaining several fractures to the upper jaw.^[2] Zadys Navarro, one of Vera's doctors, indicated that reconstructive surgery would be required.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Norge Luis Vera Peralta" (in Spanish). http://www.radiococo.cu/Fichas/santiago/scuvera.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-11. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ ^{a b c} Garcia, Anne-Marie. "Cuban pitcher who beat Orioles in 1999 in stable condition after blow to face", The Canadian Press, November 10, 2009.

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Name	Vera, Norge
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Date of birth	October 3, 1971
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