Cuba at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Cuba at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	CUB
NPC	Comité Paralimpico Cubano
in Tokyo
Competitors	16 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Omara Durand & Lorenzo Perez Escalona
Medals Ranked 35th	Gold 4 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Cuba competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Robiel Yankiel Sol Cervantes	Athletics	Men's long jump T47	31 August
Gold	Omara Durand	Athletics	Women's 400 metres T12	31 August
Gold	Omara Durand	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T12	2 September
Gold	Omara Durand	Athletics	Women's 200 metres T12	4 September
Silver	Leinier Savon Pineda	Athletics	Men's long jump T12	30 August
Bronze	Leonardo Diaz Aldana	Athletics	Men's discus throw F56	30 August

Competitors

Source: ^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	2	8
Judo	2	0	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Powerlifting	1	1	2
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	0	1
Table Tennis	1	0	1
Total	12	4	16

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Two Cuban athlete (Uliser Aguilera Cruz& Omara Durand) successfully to break through the qualifications for the 2020 Paralympics after breaking the qualification limit. ^[4]

DQ: Disqualified | SB: Season Best | Q: Qualified by place or standard based on overall position after heats | DNM: Did not mark | DNA: Did not advance | N/A: Not available, stage was not contested | PB: Personal Best | WR: World Record | PR: Paralympic Record | AR: Area Record

Track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leinier Savon	Men's 100m T12	10.91	2	DNA	5
Omara Durand Guide: Yuniol Kindelan	Women's 100m T12	11.70 SB	1 Q	11.49 SB
	Women's 200m T12	23.40 SB	1 Q	23.02 WR
	Women's 400m T12	55.33	1 Q	52.58 SB

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Leinier Savon	Men's long jump T12	7.16 AR
Ángel Jiménez		6.25	9
Robiel Sol	Men's long jump T47	7.46 PR
Noralvis de Las Heras	Women's discus throw F64	30.62 SB	8
Leonardo Díaz	Men's discus throw F56	43.36 SB
Guillermo Varona	Men's javelin throw F57	63.30 AR	4
Ulicer Aguilera	Men's javelin throw F13	59.89 AR	4

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Cuba sent one male cyclist after successfully getting a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation quota for the Americas. ^{[5] [6]}

FADT:Finish After Deadline Time

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Damian López Alfonso	Road race C1-3	FADT	35
	Time trial C1	30:45.20	10
	Men's C1 1000m Time Trial	1:30.047	22

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First round	Repechage Final	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gerardo Rodriguez	Men's −81 kg	BYE	Villalobos  (PER) L10IPP-0	Karomatov  (UZB) L 0–10IPP	BYE	Solovey  (UKR) L 0s1-1s2	DNA	7
Yordani Fernandez	Men's +100 kg	BYE	Araujo  (BRA) W10IPP–0	Sharipov  (UZB) L 0–1s2	BYE	Masaki  (JPN) L10IPP-0s1	Choi  (KOR) L 0-10s1	5

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Leidy Rodriguez	Women's -41 kg	DNM	9
Oniger Drake	Men's −88 kg	181	7

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification 1		Qualification 2		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Yenigladys Suarez Echevarria	P2 – Women's 10m air pistol SH1	N/A		542-9X	15	Did not advance
	Mix 25 metre air pistol SH1	272-4x	26	539-5x	28	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

One Cuban swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS. ^{[7] [8]}

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lorenzo Perez Escalona	Men's 50m freestyle S7	32.27	7	DNA	13
	Men's 100m freestyle S6	1:08.62	4	DNA	9
	Men's 400m freestyle S6	5:26.57	4 Q	5:30.42	8

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Cuba entered one athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Yunier Fernández qualified from the 2019 Parapan American Games which was held in Lima, Peru. ^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yunier Fernández	Individual C1	Kim Hyeon-uk  (KOR) L 0-3	Silvio Keller  (SUI) W 3-0	2 Q	Joo Young-dae  (KOR) L 0-3	Did not advance			17

See also

• Cuba at the Paralympics
• Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
2. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport . 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
3. "NPC Entries - Team Cuba | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 2021-08-29.
4. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
5. "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
6. "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
7. "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
8. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
9. "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.