| Yunier Fernández | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 October 1982 | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Yunier Fernández (born 1 October 1982) is a Cuban para table tennis player. [1] He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, 2020 Summer Paralympics and 2024 Summer Paralympics; in 2024, he reached the finals of the men's individual class 1 event. [2]
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Cuba competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Australia's largest city, Sydney. 229 competitors, 147 men and 82 women, took part in 135 events in 24 sports.
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