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Full name | Wenceslao Borroto Torres | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||
Born | 20 May 1958 | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
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Wenceslao Borroto Torres (born 20 May 1958) is a Cuban rower. He competed in two events at the 1980 Summer Olympics. [1]
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