Cuba at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Cuba at the 2023 Parapan American Games
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IPC code	CUB
NPC	Cuban Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org/cuba
in Santiago, Chile 17 November 2023 – 26 November 2023
Competitors	52 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Robiel Sol Omara Durand
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 12 Silver 8 Bronze 15 Total 35
Parapan American Games appearances
1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Cuba competed in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile from 17 November to 26 November 2023. This was Cuba's seventh appearance at the Parapan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1999.

Paralympic athletes Robiel Sol and Omara Durand were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Further information: 2023 Parapan American Games medal table

The following Cuban competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Yunier Fernández Table tennis Men's singles C1 November 18  Gold Yenigladys Suárez Shooting P2 Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 November 19  Gold Yordani Fernández Judo Men's +90 kg November 20  Gold Sheyla Hernández Judo Women's +70 kg November 20  Gold Yenigladys Suárez Shooting P4 Mixed 50 metre pistol SH1 November 20  Gold Daniel Milanes Athletics Men's 400 metres T47 November 21  Gold Ulicer Aguilera Athletics Men's javelin throw F13 November 21  Gold Omara Durand Athletics Women's 200 metres T12 November 21  Gold Robiel Sol Athletics Men's long jump T47 November 23  Gold Ever Castro Martínez Athletics Men's javelin throw F41 November 23  Gold Omara Durand Athletics Women's 100 metres T12 November 23  Gold Guillermo Varona Athletics Men's javelin throw F46 November 24  Silver Enmanuel González Rodríguez Powerlifting Men's 49 kg November 18  Silver Pablo Ramirez Barrientos Powerlifting Men's 54 kg November 19  Silver Di Angelo Loriga Shooting P1 Men's 10 metre air pistol SH1 November 19  Silver Di Angelo Loriga Shooting P4 Mixed 50 metre pistol SH1 November 20  Silver Andrileydis Silot Athletics Men's discus throw F11 November 22  Silver Leonardo Díaz Athletics Men's discus throw F56 November 23  Silver Mitchel Suarez Taekwondo Men's 70 kg November 24  Silver Manuel Alejandro del Rosario Pargas Badminton Men's singles SU5 November 25  Bronze Yosjaniel Hernández Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley SM7 November 18  Bronze Jennys García Judo Men's 73 kg November 19  Bronze José Romero Judo Men's 73 kg November 19  Bronze Leidy Rodriguez Powerlifting Women's 45 kg November 19  Bronze Lorenzo Pérez Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S6 November 19  Bronze Ariagna Hechevarría Judo Women's 70 kg November 20  Bronze Oniger Drake Vega Powerlifting Men's 88 kg November 20  Bronze Yosjaniel Hernández Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S7 November 23  Bronze Lilisbet Rodríguez Taekwondo Women's 47 kg November 23  Bronze Yorisan Monterey Athletics Men's discus throw F64 November 24  Bronze Marco Mayor Taekwondo Men's 63 kg November 24  Bronze Pedro José Urgellés Athletics Men's 100 metres T12 November 25  Bronze Raciel González Athletics Men's 100 metres T47 November 25  Bronze Gerdan Fonseca Athletics Men's javelin throw F57 November 25  Bronze Lidia Montes de Oca Taekwondo Women's +65 kg November 25

Medals by sport/discipline Sport Total Athletics 7 2 4 13 Shooting 2 2 0 4 Judo 2 0 3 5 Table tennis 1 0 0 1 Powerlifting 0 2 2 4 Taekwondo 0 1 3 4 Badminton 0 1 0 1 Swimming 0 0 3 3 Total 12 8 15 35 Medals by day Day Total 18 November 1 1 1 3 19 November 1 2 4 7 20 November 3 1 2 6 21 November 3 0 0 3 22 November 0 1 0 1 23 November 3 1 2 6 24 November 1 1 2 4 25 November 0 1 4 5 26 November 0 0 0 0 Total 12 8 15 35 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 7 7 11 25 Female 4 0 4 0 Mixed 1 1 0 2 Total 12 8 15 35

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	13	2	15
Badminton	3	1	4
Cycling	1	0	1
Judo	5	3	8
Powerlifting	4	2	6
Shooting	2	1	3
Swimming	4	0	4
Taekwondo	4	3	7
Table tennis	2	1	3
Total	39	13	52

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alex Capó	Individual recurve open	524	7	Aguirre  (CHI) L 0–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Leydis Posada	Individual recurve open	416	7	—	Rocha  (MEX) L 2–6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alex Capó Leydis Posada	Team recurve open	807	7	Mexico L 4–5	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pedro José Urgellés	100 m T12	—		11.42
Raciel González	100 m T47	10.79	2 Q	10.70
Daniel Milanes	400 m T47	—		49.94

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Robiel Sol	Long jump T47	7.74
Andrileydis Silot	Shot put F11	6.90	10
Asiel Escalona	Shot put F40/F41	6.19	5
Máximo Linares	Shot put F53/F54	6.12	4
Gerdan Fonseca	Shot put F57	11.48	6
Andrileydis Silot	Discus throw F11	33.78
Leonardo Díaz	Discus throw F56	37.35
Yorisan Monterey	Discus throw F64	38.23
Ulicer Aguilera	Javelin throw F13	61.11
Ever Castro Martínez	Javelin throw F41	35.21
Guillermo Varona	Javelin throw F46	60.23
Máximo Linares	Javelin throw F54	NM
Gerdan Fonseca	Javelin throw F57	43.33
Yorisan Monterey	Javelin throw F64	52.45	4

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Omara Durand	100 m T12	11.68	1 Q	11.65
	200 m T12	23.59	1 Q	23.63
	400 m T12	55.95	1 Q	DSQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Noraivis De Las Heras	Discus throw F64	28.38	4

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rolando Bello	Singles SL3	Vargas  (PER) L 16–21, 17–21	Vinatea  (PER) L 18–21, 14–21	—	3	Did not advance
Manuel del Rosario Pargas	Singles SU5	Cadenillas  (PER) W 21–17, 21–13	Oliveira  (BRA) W 22–20, 21–14	—	1 Q	—	Aranguri  (PER) W 18–21, 21–17, 21–16	Rodrigues  (BRA) L 11–21, 17–21
Yoelvis Omar Dalmau	Singles SH6	Kendrick  (CAN) W 21–16, 21–19	Castillo  (MEX) W 21–11, 21–18	Salva  (PER) L 20–22, 18–21	2 Q	Quispe  (PER) L 7–21, 8–21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Laura Beatriz Llanes	Singles SU5	Dias  (BRA) L 17–21, 19–21	Arriagada  (CHI) W 21–12, 21–7	Ari  (PER) L 12–21, 20–22	3	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rolando Bello Laura Beatriz Llanes	Doubles SL3–SU5	Lapointe / Meier  (CAN) L 23–25, 16–21	Rodrigues / Ávila  (BRA) L 6–21, 11–21	3	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Jorge Luis González	Time trial C1–5	32:08.53	22
	Road race C1–3	1:29:54	12

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Jorge Luis González	Pursuit C1–3	4:19.766	11	Did not advance
	Time trial C1–5	—		1:17.458	16

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yonaldy González	−60 kg	Herrera  (CHI) W 10–00S2	Blanco  (VEN) W 10–00	Lira  (BRA) L 00–10	Bye		Bronze medal final   Aburto  (MEX) L 00S1–10	=5
Jennys García	−73 kg	Llanos  (CHI) W 10–00	Mesquita  (BRA) W 10–00	Gauto  (ARG) L 00S3–10	Bye		Bronze medal final   Ferraro  (USA) W 10–00
José Romero		Bye	Ramírez  (ARG) W 10S2–00	Pereira  (BRA) L 00–11S1	Bye		Bronze medal final   Mesquita  (BRA) W 10S1–00
Reinaldo Zamora	−90 kg	—	Goodrich  (USA) L 00–10	Did not advance	—	Espinoza  (VEN) L 00–10	Did not advance
Yordani Fernández	+90 kg	—	Bye	Fernandes  (BRA) W 10–00	—		Silva  (BRA) W 10–00

Women

Athlete	Event	Group round				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dainelis Calunga	−57 kg	—				Lamadrid  (COL) L 00–10	Did not advance
Ariagna Hechevarría	−70 kg	Boggiano  (ARG) L 00–10	Souza  (BRA) L 00–10	Almanza  (CHI) W 10–00	3	—
Sheyla Hernández	+70 kg	—					Davis  (USA) W 11–00	Souza  (BRA) W 10–01	Bye	Emmerich  (BRA) W 10–00S2

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Enmanuel González Rodríguez	–49 kg	149
Pablo Ramirez Barrientos	–54 kg	161
Jesus Enrique Cisneros	–72 kg	185	4
Oniger Drake Vega	–88 kg	194

Women

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Leidy Rodriguez	–45 kg	82
Yaime Bongo Medina	–86 kg & +86 kg	80.0	5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal	Final / BM
		Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesus Enrique Cisneros Pablo Ramirez Barrientos Yaime Bongo Medina	Team	318.7	1 Q	Colombia L 335.9–339.1	Bronze medal final   Brazil L 336.4–352.8	4
Oniger Drake Vega Enmanuel González Rodríguez Leidy Rodriguez		309.7	3	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Di Angelo Loriga	P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1	555	4 Q	226.7
Alexander Reyna		560	1 Q	166.6	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yenigladys Suárez	P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1	549	2 Q	225.1

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yenigladys Suárez	P3 – 25 m pistol SH1	529	6 Q	5	6
Di Angelo Loriga	P4 – 50 m pistol SH1	515	3 Q	201.7
Alexander Reyna		513	4 Q	127.1	6
Yenigladys Suárez		508	5 Q	206.9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yosjaniel Hernández	50 m freestyle S7	30.45	2 Q	29.53
	50 m butterfly S7	—		33.69	4
	200 m individual medley SM7	—		2:51.82
Yunerki Ortega	50 m freestyle S11	—		28.76	5
	100 m breaststroke SB11	—		Did not start
	200 m individual medley SM11	—		Did not start
Yasmany Izquierdo	50 m freestyle S13	—		26.90	4
Lorenzo Pérez	100 m freestyle S6	—		1:08.50

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries					Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yunier Fernández	Singles C1	Godfrey  (USA) W 3–0	Eberhardt  (ARG) W 3–0	Bustamante  (ARG) W 3–2	Leiva  (CHI) W 3–0	1	—
Osviel Nodarse	Singles C3	Acosta  (URU) L 1–3	Bienati  (ARG) L 1–3	Freitas  (BRA) L 0–3	—	4	Did not advance
Yunier Fernández Osviel Nodarse	Doubles C4	Marcião / Espíndola  (BRA) L 0–3	Flores / Leiva  (CHI) L 1–3	Bustamante / Eberhardt  (ARG) L 2–3	—	4	—			4

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yanelis Zamora	Singles C1–3	Oliveira  (BRA) W 3–2	Guapi  (COL) W 3–0	1 Q	Sigala  (MEX) L 1–3	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Osviel Nodarse Yanelis Zamora	Doubles C4–7	Bye	Babes / Severo  (BRA) L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2023 Parapan American Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Manuel Benítez	−58 kg	Fernandez  (ARG) L 5–19	Did not advance
Marco Mayor	−63 kg	—	Castro  (DOM) L 42–50	Did not advance	Yesquen  (COL) W 37–6	Bronze medal final   Novik  (ARG) W 12–9
Mitchel Suarez	−70 kg	Bye	Vieira  (BRA) W 28–8	Coelho  (BRA) W 14–9	Bye	Samorano  (ARG) L 20–21
Dayan Sosa	+80 kg	—	Paulo  (BRA) L 5–14	Did not advance	Pedroza  (MEX) L 0–12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lilisbet Rodríguez	−47 kg	Pio  (BRA) W 37–6	Romero  (MEX) L 1–17	Did not advance
Idalianna Quintero	−65 kg	Did not start
Lidia Montes de Oca	+65 kg	Puntriano  (PER) W 10–8	Menezes  (BRA) L 6–26	Did not advance

See also

• Cuba at the 2023 Pan American Games
• Cuba at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "Inauguración Parapanamericanos: estos son los abanderados de los 31 países participantes". santiago2023.org (in Spanish). Santiago 2023. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
2. "Juegos Parapanamericanos Santiago 2023: Las estrellas latinas que no puedes perderte". olympics.com/es (in Spanish). IOC. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.