Cuba at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Template:Infobox country at games 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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's 400 metres T13
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Men's discus throw F55-56
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Women's 100 metres T46
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	Women's 200 metres T46
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Judo	Men's 81 kg
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Men's 400 metres T13
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Men's 800 metres T12
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver		Athletics	Men's 1500 metres T13
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's 100 metres T13
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's 200 metres T11
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's 200 metres T46
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Athletics	Men's shot put F44
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Judo	Men's 66 kg
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Judo	Men's 100 kg

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			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

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			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

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			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

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Daineris Mijan	F12	Long jump	5.71	-	4

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Juan Carlos Cortada	Men's 100kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1000-0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1001-0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0000-1000	—		Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1000-0000
Isao Cruz	Men's 81kg	Bye	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 0010-0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1101-0001	—		Template:FlagIPCathlete W 0010-0000
Jorge Hierrezuelo	Men's 73kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1012-0001	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0000-0020	—		Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1011-0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete L H
Yargaliny Jiminez	Men's +100kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0000-1000	did not advance
Sergio Perez	Men's 60kg	—	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0010–0100	—	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 0200-0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Victor Sanchez	Men's 66kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1102-0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1001-0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete L H	—		Template:FlagIPCathlete W 0120-0000

Women

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Maria Gonzalez	Women's 48kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 1000–0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 0002-0000	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0001-0002	—		Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0000-1000

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Luis Perea	67.5kg	180.0	7
Cesar Rubio	52kg	135.0	10

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			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

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yunier Fernandez	Men's singles C1	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 2–3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 3–0	3	did not advance
Isvel Trujillo		Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	4	did not advance
Erich Manso	Men's singles C9-10	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 1-3	—	3	did not advance
Yunier Fernandez Isvel Trujillo	Men's team C1-2	—				Template:FlagIPCteam L 0-3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yanelis Silva	Women's singles C3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIPCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIPCathlete W 3–2	3	did not advance

See also

• Cuba at the Paralympics
• Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

• Template:IPC medals