| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 31 December 1971 Havana, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rolando Tucker (born 31 December 1971) is a Cuban former fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] He won the 1994 World Championships.
Armin Zöggeler OMRI is a retired Italian luger and double Olympic champion. He is one of the most successful men in the sport, nicknamed Il Cannibale, for his notable series of victories, or The Iceblood Champion, for his always cold, rational approach to the races. Fellow luger Tucker West described Zöggeler as the sport's equivalent of Michael Jordan.
Alando Forest Tucker is an American former collegiate basketball coach and former professional basketball player who played for the National Basketball Association (NBA). Before joining the NBA, he played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin-Madison men's basketball team, where he became its all-time leading scorer with a total of 2,217 points.
Anthony Leon "P. J." Tucker Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as a reliable perimeter defender all throughout his career, Tucker helped the Milwaukee Bucks win an NBA championship in 2021. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. Outside his NBA career, he was also the 2008 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, and Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP and also won championships overseas in the Israeli Super League in 2008 with the Hapoel Holon, the German League and the German Cup in 2012 with Brose Bamberg.
Tadija Kačar is a retired Bosnian Serb boxer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the light middleweight division, after being defeated in the final by Poland's Jerzy Rybicki. Winner of the silver medal at the European Championship 1979th Cologne, Winner at the Mediterranean Games 1979th Split.
Eduardo Paret Pérez is a Cuban baseball player. He is a shortstop for Villa Clara of the Cuban National Series, and for the Cuban national baseball team.
Puerto Rico competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 32 competitors, 30 men and 2 women, took part in 29 events in 8 sports. The Games were hosted from 11 to 24 October.
Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca, known simply as Rolando, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender.
Rolando Cruz is a former pole vaulter from Puerto Rico. He trained under Jimmy Curran at Mercersburg Academy and Jim 'Jumbo' Elliott at Villanova University. He competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1956 and was the flag bearer for Puerto Rico in the 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. He is a three-time gold medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games: 1959, 1962 and 1966.
Scott Eric Tucker is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Tucker represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics. He won a gold (1996) and a silver medal (2000) with the U.S. relay teams in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter freestyle.
Rolando Rigoli is a retired Italian fencer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the individual and team sabre events and won a silver and a gold team medal, respectively. He also competed at the 1971 Mediterranean Games where he won a gold medal in the individual sabre event.
The men's foil was one of ten fencing events on the fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-second appearance of the event. The competition was held on 22 July 1996. 45 fencers from 19 nations competed. Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Alessandro Puccini of Italy, the nation's eighth victory in the men's foil. France took the other two medals, with Lionel Plumenail earning silver and Franck Boidin winning the bronze medal match.
The men's foil was one of ten fencing events on the fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-third appearance of the event. The competition was held on 20 September 2000. 40 fencers from 22 nations competed. Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Kim Yeong-Ho of South Korea, the first Asian man to win an Olympic fencing title. Ralf Bißdorf of Germany took silver, the first medal for united Germany since 1928. Dmitry Shevchenko's bronze medal was Russia's first as an independent nation in the event.
Tucker West is an American luger who, at the age of 18, was the youngest male ever to qualify to represent the United States in the men's luge at the Olympics. West placed 22nd in the men's single competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Rolando Guaves is a former Filipino cyclist. He competed in the sprint and the 1000m time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Job Castillo Galindo is a Mexican badminton player. He won the men's doubles title at the 2022 Pan Am Championships partnering Luis Montoya. He also claimed two bronze medals at the Pan American Games, in 2015 with Lino Muñoz, and in 2023 with Montoya.
Haramara Gaitán Fausto is a Mexican badminton player. She is three-times women's singles gold medalists at the Central American and Caribbean Games, winning the title in 2014, 2018 and 2023. She also won the women's doubles title in 2014, and clinched the team title in 2010 and 2023. In the Pan Am Championships, Gaitán won the bronze medals in the women's singles in 2018 and in the women's doubles in 2023. She competed at the 2015, 2019 Pan American Games, and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Luis Ramón Garrido Esquivel is a Mexican badminton player from Monterrey, Nuevo León. He competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. Garrido won the gold medal in the men's singles at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, and was part of the Mexican winning team at that Games. He also won the bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games.
Rolando Zanni was an Italian alpine skier. He competed in the men's combined event at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Rolando Rubalcava was a Mexican basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Rolando Uríos is a Cuban-Spanish handball player. He competed with Cuba in the men's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics and represented Spain at the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
  | This article about a Cuban Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
  | This biographical article related to fencing in Cuba is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
