Raúl Cascaret

Raúl Cascaret
Personal information
Full nameRaúl Cascaret Fonseca
Born(1962-06-20)20 June 1962
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Died26 March 1995(1995-03-26) (aged 32)
Havana, Cuba
Sport
SportWrestling
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Cuba
World Championships
1985 Budapest 74 kg
1986 Budapest 74 kg
1982 Edmonton 68 kg
Pan American Games
1983 Caracas 68 kg
1979 San Juan 62 kg
1987 Indianapolis 74 kg
World Cup
1986 Toledo 74 kg
1984 Toledo 74 kg
1989 Toledo 82 kg
Pan American Championships
1989 Colorado Springs 82 kg
Universiade
1981 Bucharest 68 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
1986 Santiago 74 kg
Cuban National Championships
1978 Camagüey 62 kg
1979 Santiago de Cuba 62 kg
1980 Santiago de Cuba 62 kg
1981 Santiago de Cuba 68 kg
1982 Santiago de Cuba 68 kg
1985 Matanzas 74 kg
1986 Santiago de Cuba 74 kg
1988 Camagüey 82 kg
1989 Santi Spiritus 82 kg

Raúl Cascaret Fonseca (20 June 1962 – 26 March 1995) was a Cuban freestyle wrestler.[1][2] Cascaret was a two-time World Champion and competed in the men's freestyle 62 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics, placing fourth.[3][4] A Pan American Games champion and a seven-time Cuban National champion, Cascaret died in a car crash in 1995, at the age of 32.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Raúl Cascaret: el primer gran campeón de la lucha cubana". oncubanews. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Ilustres: Raúl Cascaret, ¡qué luchador!". trabajadores. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Raúl Cascaret". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Raúl Cascaret". Olympics.org. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Raúl Cascaret, un rey mundial de la lucha cubana - Periódico Guerrillero". guerrillero.cu (in Spanish). 9 December 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2022.


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