Cuba at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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

MedalNameSportEvent Athletics Men's 400 metres T13 Athletics Men's discus throw F55-56 Athletics Women's 100 metres T46 Athletics Women's 200 metres T46 Judo Men's 81 kg Athletics Men's 400 metres T13 Athletics Men's 800 metres T12 Athletics Men's 1500 metres T13 Athletics Men's 100 metres T13 Athletics Men's 200 metres T11 Athletics Men's 200 metres T46 Athletics Men's shot put F44 Judo Men's 66 kg Judo Men's 100 kg

Sports Athletics

Men's track AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankYuniesky AbreuT131500m4:15.0812did not advanceErnesto BlancoT46800m2:00.0510did not advance1500m4:20.7723did not advanceEttiam CalderonT46100m11.216 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 11.578200m22.784 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 22.42Freddy DurruthyT13200m22.456 q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 22.516400m49.922 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 49.52Luis Manuel GalanoT13200m22.043 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 22.004400m49.28 PR1 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 49.12 PRDiosmany GonzalezT1210000m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" DNFMarathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 2:39:4111Luis Felipe GutiérrezT13100m11.123 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 10.98200m22.043 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 22.315Arián IznagaT11200m22.911 Q22.953 Q22.79400mDNSdid not advanceLazaro Raschid AguilarT12800m1:56.984 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 1:52.40T131500m4:01.182 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 4:06.405000mDNFdid not advanceFelix RiceT11100m11.495 q11.659did not advance200m24.1411 q24.6411did not advanceJulio RoqueT12100m11.194 q11.134 B30.914

Men's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankEttiam CalderonF46Long jump6.48 SB-4Leonardo DiazF55-56Discus throw40.87 WR1061Javelin throw30.70 SB8425Shot put10.10 SB87014Erick FigueredoF55-56Shot put8.1171616Gerdan FonsecaF44Discus throw41.2676310Shot put15.65977

Women's track AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankYunidis CastilloT46100m12.221 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 12.04 WR200m25.351 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 24.72 WROmara DurandT13100m12.654 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 12.596200m25.972 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 25.674400m59.386 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" DNFDaineris MijanT12100m12.935 Q12.998 B13.054200mDNSdid not advance

Women's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankDaineris MijanF12Long jump5.71-4

Judo

Men AthleteEventFirst RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage round 1Repechage round 2Final/Bronze medal contestOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultJuan Carlos CortadaMen's 100kg W 1000-0000 W 1001-0000 L 0000-1000 style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" W 1000-0000 Isao CruzMen's 81kgBye W 0010-0000 W 1101-0001 style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" W 0010-0000 Jorge HierrezueloMen's 73kg W 1012-0001 L 0000-0020 style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" W 1011-0000 L Yargaliny JiminezMen's +100kg L 0000-1000did not advanceSergio PerezMen's 60kg style="text-align:center;" L 0010–0100 style="text-align:center;" W 0200-0000 L 0000-1000Did not advanceVictor SanchezMen's 66kg W 1102-0000 W 1001-0000 L style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" W 0120-0000

Women AthleteEventFirst RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage round 1Repechage round 2Final/Bronze medal contestOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultMaria GonzalezWomen's 48kg W 1000–0000 W 0002-0000 L 0001-0002 style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" L 0000-1000

Powerlifting

AthleteEventResultRankLuis Perea67.5kg180.07Cesar Rubio52kg135.010

Swimming

Men AthleteClassEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankAdonis LeonS11100m butterfly1:24.5013did not advanceSB11100m breaststroke1:22.408 Q1:22.748

Table tennis

Men AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYunier FernandezMen's singles C1L 2–3L 0–3W 3–03did not advanceIsvel TrujilloL 0-3L 0-3L 0-34did not advanceErich MansoMen's singles C9-10L 0-3L 1-3align="center" 3did not advanceYunier Fernandez Isvel TrujilloMen's team C1-2align="center" colspan="4" L 0-3did not advance

Women AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYanelis SilvaWomen's singles C3L 0–3L 0–3W 3–23did not advance

See also Cuba at the Paralympics Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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