Cuba at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Cuba at the
2023 Parapan American Games
Cuba at the; 2023 Parapan American Games
	Flag of Cuba
IPC code	CUB
NPC	Cuban Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org/cuba
in Santiago, Chile; 17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors	52 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Robiel Sol; Omara Durand
Medals; Ranked 7th	Gold 12 Silver 8 Bronze 15 Total 35
Parapan American Games appearances
	1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019;

Cuba competed in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Cuba's seventh appearance at the Parapan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1999.

Paralympic athletes Robiel Sol and Omara Durand were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

The following Cuban competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Yunier Fernández	Table tennis	Men's singles C1	November 18
Gold	Yenigladys Suárez	Shooting	P2 Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1	November 19
Gold	Yordani Fernández	Judo	Men's +90 kg	November 20
Gold	Sheyla Hernández	Judo	Women's +70 kg	November 20
Gold	Yenigladys Suárez	Shooting	P4 Mixed 50 metre pistol SH1	November 20
Gold	Daniel Milanes	Athletics	Men's 400 metres T47	November 21
Gold	Ulicer Aguilera	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F13	November 21
Gold	Omara Durand	Athletics	Women's 200 metres T12	November 21
Gold	Robiel Sol	Athletics	Men's long jump T47	November 23
Gold	Ever Castro Martínez	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F41	November 23
Gold	Omara Durand	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T12	November 23
Gold	Guillermo Varona	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F46	November 24
Silver	Enmanuel González Rodríguez	Powerlifting	Men's 49 kg	November 18
Silver	Pablo Ramirez Barrientos	Powerlifting	Men's 54 kg	November 19
Silver	Di Angelo Loriga	Shooting	P1 Men's 10 metre air pistol SH1	November 19
Silver	Di Angelo Loriga	Shooting	P4 Mixed 50 metre pistol SH1	November 20
Silver	Andrileydis Silot	Athletics	Men's discus throw F11	November 22
Silver	Leonardo Díaz	Athletics	Men's discus throw F56	November 23
Silver	Mitchel Suarez	Taekwondo	Men's 70 kg	November 24
Silver	Manuel Alejandro del Rosario Pargas	Badminton	Men's singles SU5	November 25
Bronze	Yosjaniel Hernández	Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual medley SM7	November 18
Bronze	Jennys García	Judo	Men's 73 kg	November 19
Bronze	José Romero	Judo	Men's 73 kg	November 19
Bronze	Leidy Rodriguez	Powerlifting	Women's 45 kg	November 19
Bronze	Lorenzo Pérez	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle S6	November 19
Bronze	Ariagna Hechevarría	Judo	Women's 70 kg	November 20
Bronze	Oniger Drake Vega	Powerlifting	Men's 88 kg	November 20
Bronze	Yosjaniel Hernández	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle S7	November 23
Bronze	Lilisbet Rodríguez	Taekwondo	Women's 47 kg	November 23
Bronze	Yorisan Monterey	Athletics	Men's discus throw F64	November 24
Bronze	Marco Mayor	Taekwondo	Men's 63 kg	November 24
Bronze	Pedro José Urgellés	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T12	November 25
Bronze	Raciel González	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T47	November 25
Bronze	Gerdan Fonseca	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F57	November 25
Bronze	Lidia Montes de Oca	Taekwondo	Women's +65 kg	November 25

Medals by sport/discipline
Sport				Total
Athletics	7	2	4	13
Shooting	2	2	0	4
Judo	2	0	3	5
Table tennis	1	0	0	1
Powerlifting	0	2	2	4
Taekwondo	0	1	3	4
Badminton	0	1	0	1
Swimming	0	0	3	3
Total	12	8	15	35

Medals by day
Day				Total
18 November	1	1	1	3
19 November	1	2	4	7
20 November	3	1	2	6
21 November	3	0	0	3
22 November	0	1	0	1
23 November	3	1	2	6
24 November	1	1	2	4
25 November	0	1	4	5
26 November	0	0	0	0
Total	12	8	15	35

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	7	7	11	25
Female	4	0	4	0
Mixed	1	1	0	2
Total	12	8	15	35

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	13	2	15
Badminton	3	1	4
Cycling	1	0	1
Judo	5	3	8
Powerlifting	4	2	6
Shooting	2	1	3
Swimming	4	0	4
Table tennis	2	1	3
Taekwondo	4	3	7
Total	39	13	52

Archery

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alex Capó	Individual recurve open	524	7	Aguirre (CHI) L 0–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Leydis Posada	Individual recurve open	416	7	—	Rocha (MEX) L 2–6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alex Capó Leydis Posada	Team recurve open	807	7	Mexico L 4–5	Did not advance

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pedro José Urgellés	100 m T12	—		11.42
Raciel González	100 m T47	10.79	2 Q	10.70
Daniel Milanes	400 m T47	—		49.94

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Robiel Sol	Long jump T47	7.74
Andrileydis Silot	Shot put F11	6.90	10
Asiel Escalona	Shot put F40/F41	6.19	5
Máximo Linares	Shot put F53/F54	6.12	4
Gerdan Fonseca	Shot put F57	11.48	6
Andrileydis Silot	Discus throw F11	33.78
Leonardo Díaz	Discus throw F56	37.35
Yorisan Monterey	Discus throw F64	38.23
Ulicer Aguilera	Javelin throw F13	61.11
Ever Castro Martínez	Javelin throw F41	35.21
Guillermo Varona	Javelin throw F46	60.23
Máximo Linares	Javelin throw F54	NM
Gerdan Fonseca	Javelin throw F57	43.33
Yorisan Monterey	Javelin throw F64	52.45	4

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Omara Durand	100 m T12	11.68	1 Q	11.65
	200 m T12	23.59	1 Q	23.63
	400 m T12	55.95	1 Q	DSQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Noraivis De Las Heras	Discus throw F64	28.38	4

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rolando Bello	Singles SL3	Vargas (PER) L 16–21, 17–21	Vinatea (PER) L 18–21, 14–21	—	3	Did not advance
Manuel del Rosario Pargas	Singles SU5	Cadenillas (PER) W 21–17, 21–13	Oliveira (BRA) W 22–20, 21–14	—	1 Q	—	Aranguri (PER) W 18–21, 21–17, 21–16	Rodrigues (BRA) L 11–21, 17–21
Yoelvis Omar Dalmau	Singles SH6	Kendrick (CAN) W 21–16, 21–19	Castillo (MEX) W 21–11, 21–18	Salva (PER) L 20–22, 18–21	2 Q	Quispe (PER) L 7–21, 8–21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Laura Beatriz Llanes	Singles SU5	Dias (BRA) L 17–21, 19–21	Arriagada (CHI) W 21–12, 21–7	Ari (PER) L 12–21, 20–22	3	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rolando Bello Laura Beatriz Llanes	Doubles SL3–SU5	Lapointe / Meier (CAN) L 23–25, 16–21	Rodrigues / Ávila (BRA) L 6–21, 11–21	3	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Jorge Luis González	Time trial C1–5	32:08.53	22
Jorge Luis González	Road race C1–3	1:29:54	12

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Jorge Luis González	Pursuit C1–3	4:19.766	11	Did not advance
Jorge Luis González	Time trial C1–5	—		1:17.458	16

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yonaldy González	−60 kg	Herrera (CHI) W 10–00S2	Blanco (VEN) W 10–00	Lira (BRA) L 00–10	Bye		Bronze medal final Aburto (MEX) L 00S1–10	=5
Jennys García	−73 kg	Llanos (CHI) W 10–00	Mesquita (BRA) W 10–00	Gauto (ARG) L 00S3–10	Bye		Bronze medal final Ferraro (USA) W 10–00
José Romero	−73 kg	Bye	Ramírez (ARG) W 10S2–00	Pereira (BRA) L 00–11S1	Bye		Bronze medal final Mesquita (BRA) W 10S1–00
Reinaldo Zamora	−90 kg	—	Goodrich (USA) L 00–10	Did not advance	—	Espinoza (VEN) L 00–10	Did not advance
Yordani Fernández	+90 kg	—	Bye	Fernandes (BRA) W 10–00	—		Silva (BRA) W 10–00

Women

Athlete	Event	Group round				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dainelis Calunga	−57 kg	—				Lamadrid (COL) L 00–10	Did not advance
Ariagna Hechevarría	−70 kg	Boggiano (ARG) L 00–10	Souza (BRA) L 00–10	Almanza (CHI) W 10–00	3	—
Sheyla Hernández	+70 kg	—					Davis (USA) W 11–00	Souza (BRA) W 10–01	Bye	Emmerich (BRA) W 10–00S2

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Enmanuel González Rodríguez	–49 kg	149
Pablo Ramirez Barrientos	–54 kg	161
Jesus Enrique Cisneros	–72 kg	185	4
Oniger Drake Vega	–88 kg	194

Women

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Leidy Rodriguez	–45 kg	82
Yaime Bongo Medina	–86 kg & +86 kg	80.0	5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesus Enrique Cisneros Pablo Ramirez Barrientos Yaime Bongo Medina	Team	318.7	1 Q	Colombia L 335.9–339.1	Bronze medal final Brazil L 336.4–352.8	4
Oniger Drake Vega Enmanuel González Rodríguez Leidy Rodriguez	Team	309.7	3	Did not advance

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Di Angelo Loriga	P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1	555	4 Q	226.7
Alexander Reyna	P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1	560	1 Q	166.6	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yenigladys Suárez	P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1	549	2 Q	225.1

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yenigladys Suárez	P3 – 25 m pistol SH1	529	6 Q	5	6
Di Angelo Loriga	P4 – 50 m pistol SH1	515	3 Q	201.7
Alexander Reyna		513	4 Q	127.1	6
Yenigladys Suárez		508	5 Q	206.9

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yosjaniel Hernández	50 m freestyle S7	30.45	2 Q	29.53
	50 m butterfly S7	—		33.69	4
	200 m individual medley SM7	—		2:51.82
Yunerki Ortega	50 m freestyle S11	—		28.76	5
	100 m breaststroke SB11	—		Did not start
	200 m individual medley SM11	—		Did not start
Yasmany Izquierdo	50 m freestyle S13	—		26.90	4
Lorenzo Pérez	100 m freestyle S6	—		1:08.50

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries					Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yunier Fernández	Singles C1	Godfrey (USA) W 3–0	Eberhardt (ARG) W 3–0	Bustamante (ARG) W 3–2	Leiva (CHI) W 3–0	1	—
Osviel Nodarse	Singles C3	Acosta (URU) L 1–3	Bienati (ARG) L 1–3	Freitas (BRA) L 0–3	—	4	Did not advance
Yunier Fernández Osviel Nodarse	Doubles C4	Marcião / Espíndola (BRA) L 0–3	Flores / Leiva (CHI) L 1–3	Bustamante / Eberhardt (ARG) L 2–3	—	4	—			4

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yanelis Zamora	Singles C1–3	Oliveira (BRA) W 3–2	Guapi (COL) W 3–0	1 Q	Sigala (MEX) L 1–3	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Osviel Nodarse Yanelis Zamora	Doubles C4–7	Bye	Babes / Severo (BRA) L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Manuel Benítez	−58 kg	Fernandez (ARG) L 5–19	Did not advance
Marco Mayor	−63 kg	—	Castro (DOM) L 42–50	Did not advance	Yesquen (COL) W 37–6	Bronze medal final Novik (ARG) W 12–9
Mitchel Suarez	−70 kg	Bye	Vieira (BRA) W 28–8	Coelho (BRA) W 14–9	Bye	Samorano (ARG) L 20–21
Dayan Sosa	+80 kg	—	Paulo (BRA) L 5–14	Did not advance	Pedroza (MEX) L 0–12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lilisbet Rodríguez	−47 kg	Pio (BRA) W 37–6	Romero (MEX) L 1–17	Did not advance
Idalianna Quintero	−65 kg	Did not start
Lidia Montes de Oca	+65 kg	Puntriano (PER) W 10–8	Menezes (BRA) L 6–26	Did not advance

References

^ "Inauguración Parapanamericanos: estos son los abanderados de los 31 países participantes". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Santiago 2023. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
^ "Juegos Parapanamericanos Santiago 2023: Las estrellas latinas que no puedes perderte". olympics.com/es (in Spanish). IOC. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

[1] "Inauguración Parapanamericanos: estos son los abanderados de los 31 países participantes". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Santiago 2023. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

[2] "Juegos Parapanamericanos Santiago 2023: Las estrellas latinas que no puedes perderte". olympics.com/es (in Spanish). IOC. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

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