Yunidis Castillo

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Yunidis Castillo
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Personal information
NicknameThe Bullet
Sport
Country Cuba
Sport Running
Updated on 22 March 2021

Yunidis Castillo (born 6 June 1987) is a Paralympic athlete from Cuba competing mainly in category T46 sprint events. [1]

She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished thirteenth in the women's Long jump - F44-46 event. She also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's 100 metres - T46 event and a gold medal in the women's 200 metres - T46 event.

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she won gold medal in the women's 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres T46 [2] events setting new world record in all of them.

She lost her right arm in a car accident at the age of 10. [3]

References

  1. "Castillo, Yunidis". IPC. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. "The Caribbean paralympians 2012 — olympians too". July 2012.
  3. José Luis López (14 September 2012). "Yunidis Castillo, the New Face of Cuban Disabled Sports" . Retrieved November 11, 2012.