| Cuba at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | CUB |
| NPC | Comité Paralimpico Cubano |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 32 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearer | Yunidis Castillo |
| Medals Ranked 23rd |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
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. [1]
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Yuniesky Abreu | T13 | 1500m | 4:15.08 | 12 | did not advance | |||
| Ernesto Blanco | T46 | 800m | 2:00.05 | 10 | did not advance | |||
| 1500m | 4:20.77 | 23 | did not advance | |||||
| Ettiam Calderon | T46 | 100m | 11.21 | 6 Q | — | 11.57 | 8 | |
| 200m | 22.78 | 4 Q | — | 22.42 |  | |||
| Freddy Durruthy | T13 | 200m | 22.45 | 6 q | — | 22.51 | 6 | |
| 400m | 49.92 | 2 Q | — | 49.52 |  | |||
| Luis Manuel Galano | T13 | 200m | 22.04 | 3 Q | — | 22.00 | 4 | |
| 400m | 49.28 PR | 1 Q | — | 49.12 PR |  | |||
| Diosmany Gonzalez | T12 | 10000m | — | DNF | ||||
| Marathon | — | 2:39:41 | 11 | |||||
| Luis Felipe Gutiérrez | T13 | 100m | 11.12 | 3 Q | — | 10.98 | | |
| 200m | 22.04 | 3 Q | — | 22.31 | 5 | |||
| Arián Iznaga | T11 | 200m | 22.91 | 1 Q | 22.95 | 3 Q | 22.79 | |
| 400m | DNS | did not advance | ||||||
| Lazaro Raschid Aguilar | T12 | 800m | 1:56.98 | 4 Q | — | 1:52.40 | | |
| T13 | 1500m | 4:01.18 | 2 Q | — | 4:06.40 | | ||
| 5000m | DNF | did not advance | ||||||
| Felix Rice | T11 | 100m | 11.49 | 5 q | 11.65 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 200m | 24.14 | 11 q | 24.64 | 11 | did not advance | |||
| Julio Roque | T12 | 100m | 11.19 | 4 q | 11.13 | 4 B | 30.91 | 4 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Ettiam Calderon | F46 | Long jump | 6.48 SB | - | 4 |
| Leonardo Diaz | F55-56 | Discus throw | 40.87 WR | 1061 | |
| Javelin throw | 30.70 SB | 842 | 5 | ||
| Shot put | 10.10 SB | 870 | 14 | ||
| Erick Figueredo | F55-56 | Shot put | 8.11 | 716 | 16 |
| Gerdan Fonseca | F44 | Discus throw | 41.26 | 763 | 10 |
| Shot put | 15.65 | 977 | | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Yunidis Castillo | T46 | 100m | 12.22 | 1 Q | — | 12.04 WR | | |
| 200m | 25.35 | 1 Q | — | 24.72 WR | | |||
| Omara Durand | T13 | 100m | 12.65 | 4 Q | — | 12.59 | 6 | |
| 200m | 25.97 | 2 Q | — | 25.67 | 4 | |||
| 400m | 59.38 | 6 Q | — | DNF | ||||
| Daineris Mijan | T12 | 100m | 12.93 | 5 Q | 12.99 | 8 B | 13.05 | 4 |
| 200m | DNS | did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Daineris Mijan | F12 | Long jump | 5.71 | - | 4 |
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Juan Carlos Cortada | Men's 100kg |  Rollo (FRA)W 1000-0000 |  Vlasov (RUS)W 1001-0000 |  Sardarov (AZE)L 0000-1000 | — |  Porter (USA)W 1000-0000 | |
| Isao Cruz | Men's 81kg | Bye |  Oga (JPN)W 0010-0000 |  Lencina (ARG)W 1101-0001 | — | Jonard (FRA) W 0010-0000 | |
| Jorge Hierrezuelo | Men's 73kg | Kurbanov (RUS) W 1012-0001 |  Avila (MEX)L 0000-0020 | — |  Pourabbas (IRI)W 1011-0000 |  Sydorenko (UKR)LH | |
| Yargaliny Jiminez | Men's +100kg | Dewall (USA) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | ||||
| Sergio Perez | Men's 60kg | — |  Rahmati (ALG)L 0010–0100 | — |  Borges (URU)W 0200-0000 |  Quilter (GBR)L 0000-1000 | Did not advance |
| Victor Sanchez | Men's 66kg |  Falcon (VEN)W 1102-0000 | Harris (GBR) W 1001-0000 | Fujimoto (JPN) LH | — | Karpeniuk (UKR) W 0120-0000 | |
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Maria Gonzalez | Women's 48kg | Akatsuka (JPN) W 1000–0000 | Medjeded (FRA) W 0002-0000 |  Cardoso (BRA)L 0001-0002 | — |  Brussig (GER)L 0000-1000 | |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Perea | 67.5kg | 180.0 | 7 |
| Cesar Rubio | 52kg | 135.0 | 10 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Adonis Leon | S11 | 100m butterfly | 1:24.50 | 13 | did not advance | |
| SB11 | 100m breaststroke | 1:22.40 | 8 Q | 1:22.74 | 8 | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Yunier Fernandez | Men's singles C1 |  Cho J K (KOR)L 2–3 |  Vevera (AUT)L 0–3 | Kilger (GER) W 3–0 | 3 | did not advance | |||
| Isvel Trujillo | Lee H K (KOR) L 0-3 | Ducay (FRA) L 0-3 | Nikelis (GER) L 0-3 | 4 | did not advance | ||||
| Erich Manso | Men's singles C9-10 | de la Bourdonnaye (FRA) L 0-3 | Lukyanov (RUS) L 1-3 | — | 3 | did not advance | |||
| Yunier Fernandez Isvel Trujillo | Men's team C1-2 | — |  Slovakia (SVK)L 0-3 | did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Yanelis Silva | Women's singles C3 |  Li Q (CHN)L 0–3 | Choi H J (KOR) L 0–3 |  Reynolds (IRL)W 3–2 | 3 | did not advance | |||
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