| Cuba at the 2004 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | CUB |
| NPC | Comité Paralimpico Cubano |
| in Athens | |
| Competitors | 24 in 4 sports |
| Medals Ranked 43rd |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Cuba competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 24 athletes, 19 men and 5 women. [1] Competitors from Cuba won 11 medals, including 2 gold, 2 silver and 7 bronze to finish 43rd in the medal table. [2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Ángel Jimenez | Athletics | Men's long jump F13 |
| Gold | Ana Jimenez | Athletics | Women's long jump F13 |
 Silver | Diosmani Gonzalez | Athletics | Men's 10000m T13 |
| Silver | Irving Bustamante Enrique Cepeda Fernando Gonzalez Adrian Iznaga | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay T11-13 |
 Bronze | Irving Bustamante | Athletics | Men's 100m T13 |
| Bronze | Irving Bustamante | Athletics | Men's 200m T13 |
| Bronze | Yunieski Abreu | Athletics | Men's 5000m T13 |
| Bronze | Gerdan Fonseca | Athletics | Men's shot put F44/46 |
| Bronze | Ana Jimenez | Athletics | Women's 100m T13 |
| Bronze | Noralvis de Las Heras | Athletics | Women's shot put F42-46 |
| Bronze | Rafael Torres Pompa | Judo | Men's +100 kg |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Yunieski Abreu | T13 | 800m | — | 1:57.98 | 4 | |||
| 1500m | 4:07.41 | 13 | did not advance | |||||
| 5000m | — | 15:30.59 | | |||||
| Irving Bustamante | T13 | 100m | 11.14 | 3 Q | — | 11.24 | | |
| 200m | 23.05 | 7 Q | — | 23.04 | | |||
| Diosmani Gonzalez | T12 | 5000m | — | 15:22.54 | 6 | |||
| T13 | 1500m | 4:19.95 | 20 | did not advance | ||||
| 10000m | — | 32:04.32 | | |||||
| Adrian Iznaga | T11 | 100m | 11.61 | 3 Q | 11.93 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 200m | 23.97 | 4 q | 23.89 | 4 q | 23.78 | 4 | ||
| Omar Turro | T12 | 200m | DNF | did not advance | ||||
| 400m | 52.73 | 6 Q | 57.66 | 8 | did not advance | |||
| Irving Bustamante Enrique Cepeda Fernando Gonzalez Adrian Iznaga Ángel Jimenez | T11-13 | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.15 | 3 q | — | 44.60 | | |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Enrique Cepeda | F12 | Long jump | 6.38 | - | 12 |
| Triple jump | 14.39 | - | 4 | ||
| Leonardo Diaz Aldana | F55-56 | Javelin | 28.65 | 894 | 11 |
| F56 | Discus | NMR | |||
| Shot put | 9.31 | - | 13 | ||
| Gerdan Fonseca | F44/46 | Shot put | 14.76 | 1016 | |
| Fernando Gonzalez | F12 | Long jump | 6.52 | - | 10 |
| Triple jump | 13.14 | - | 8 | ||
| Ángel Jimenez | F13 | Long jump | 7.15 | - | |
| Jorge Jay Maso | F11 | Long jump | 5.96 | - | 4 |
| Triple jump | 12.51 | - | 4 | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Ana Jimenez | T13 | 100m | — | 12.98 | | |||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Yunidis Castillo | F44/46 | Long jump | 4.90 | 897 | 13 |
| Noralvis de las Heras | F42-46 | Discus | 27.81 | 859 | 12 |
| Javelin | 25.66 | 691 | 10 | ||
| Shot put | 11.90 WR | 1109 | | ||
| Ana Jimenez | F13 | Long jump | 5.40 | - | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Rafael Cruz Alonso | Men's 90kg |  Clarke (AUS)L 0000-1000 | did not advance | ||||
| Alexis Miclin Gonzalez | Men's 73kg | Bye |  Wang (CHN)L 0010–1000 | — |  Atnabaev (RUS)L 0000-1000 | did not advance | |
| Rafael Torres Pompa | Men's +100kg | Bye |  Zakiyev (AZE)L 0001S-1001S | — |  Osewald (GER)W 0210-0000 | — | Akaev (RUS) W 1000-0000 |
Sergio Arturo Perez won a gold medal in the men's 60kg category however he was tested positive for a banned substance in which he was stripped of his gold medal.
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danilo Rodriguez Garcia | 56kg | 155.0 | 4 |
| Cesar Rubio Guerra | 52kg | 130.0 | 9 |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Isbel Trujillo Yero | Men's singles 1 |  Lee (KOR)L 0–3 | Nikelis (GER) L 0–3 |  Kaiser (HUN)L 2–3 | 4 | did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Mora Yanelis Silva | Women's singles 3 |  Mariage (FRA)L 1–3 |  Fukuzawa (JPN)L 1–3 |  Paardekam (NED)L 1–3 | 4 | did not advance | |||
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