Cuba at the 1995 Pan American Games

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Cuba at the
1995 Pan American Games
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IOC code CUB
NOC Cuban Olympic Committee
in Mar del Plata
11–26 March 1995
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
112
Silver
66
Bronze
60
Total
238
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

The 12th Pan American Games were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 11 to March 26, 1995.

1995 Pan American Games 12th edition of the Pan American Games

The 12th Pan American Games were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from March 12 to March 26, 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games first return to the country that hosted the first Games, in 1951.

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Iván García Sánchez is a former sprinter from Cuba.

Norberto Téllez Santana is a retired Cuban runner.

Javier Sotomayor Cuban high jumper

Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a retired Cuban track and field athlete, who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; his personal best of 2.45 m makes him the only person to have ever cleared eight feet.

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Arnaldo Mesa Bonell was a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. In the final of the Bantamweight division he was defeated by Hungary's István Kovács. A year earlier, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, he captured the gold medal in his division. In 1986 he already won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno.

Alfredo Duvergel is a Cuban boxer. He won the silver medal in the men's light middleweight category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Ariel Hernández Azcuy is a boxer from Cuba, who won two Olympic gold medals in the Middleweight division (71–75 kg); at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He captured the world title at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, just two months after having triumphed at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.

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The Cuba men's national handball team represents Cuba in international handball competitions and is controlled by the Cuban Handball Association.

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Israel Hernández Planas is a Cuban judoka. At the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics he won bronze medals in the men's Half Lightweight (60–66 kg) category.

Amarilis Savón Carmenate is a Cuban judoka who has competed at four Olympic Games won three Olympic bronze medals at 1992 in Barcelona, 1996 in Atlanta and 2004 in Athens.

Legna Verdecia Rodríguez is a Cuban judoka who won Olympic medals in 1996 and 2000. In a career from 1989 to 2006 she won 165 out of 187 fights, making her one of the most successful Cuban judoka in history.

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  • Women's Recurve Team: Cuba
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  • Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit (Track): Cuba
  • Women's 3.000m Individual Pursuit (Track): Yoanka González
  • Women's Individual Time Trial (Road): Yacel Ojeda
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