| Cuba at the Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | CUB |
| NPC | Comité Paralimpico Cubano |
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Cuba first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1992. It has participated in every Summer Paralympics since then, but has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics. The country has won a total of 43 gold, 20 silver, and 28 bronze medals. [1] [2]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Barcelona | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 2000 Sydney | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 Athens | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 2008 Beijing | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 2012 London | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 8 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 2020 Tokyo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2024 Paris | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 49 | 23 | 29 | 101 |
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Athletics | 32 | 17 | 18 | 67 |
 Judo | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
 Swimming | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 39 | 19 | 27 | 85 |
Athletes who have won at least three medals. Bold athletes are athletes who are still active.
| No. | Athlete | Sport | Years | Games | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yunidis Castillo | Athletics | 2004-2016 | 4 | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Omara Durand | Athletics | 2012-2016 | 2 | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Enrique Cepeda | Athletics | 1992, 2000-2004 | 3 | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Enrique Caballero | Athletics | 1996 | 1 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ángel Jiménez | Athletics | 2004, 2012 | 2 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | Diosmani Gonzalez | Athletics | 1996, 2004 | 2 | M | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Luis Felipe Gutiérrez | Athletics | 2008-2016 | 3 | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Omar Turro | Athletics | 1992, 2004 | 2 | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 | Gustavo Ariosa | Athletics | 1992, 2000 | 2 | M | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Irving Bustamante | Athletics | 2004 | 1 | M | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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