Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 March 1991 |
| Height | 185 cm (73 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Disability class | T46 |
| Event | sprint |
| Coached by | Miriam Ferrer |
Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria (born 31 March 1991) is a Paralympian athlete from Cuba competing mainly in T46 classification sprint events.[1]
Athletics career[edit]
Gonzalez Isidoria first represented Cuba at a major international competition in 2011 when he travelled to Guadalajara to compete in the Parapan American Games. He competed in the 100 metre sprint, winning a silver medal. The next year Gonzalez Isidoria represented his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he competed at two events, the 100 and 200 metre sprints. He managed to make the finals of both races, finishing in silver medal position in both.[2] As well as the Paralympics, Gonzalez Isidoria has represented his country at two World Championships, at Lyon in 2013 and Doha in 2015. In Lyon he won a bronze medal in the 200 metres sprint. He failed to medal at Doha, but as his classification was not represented in the sprints he was forced to compete at the T47 events, for athlete with a less severe impairment than his own.[2]
Personal history[edit]
Gonzalez Isidoria was born in Cuba in 1985.[2]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Gonzalez Isidoria, Raciel". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Gonzalez Isidoria, Raciel". IPC. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- Living people
- 1991 births
- Athletes from Havana
- Paralympic athletes for Cuba
- Paralympic sprinters
- Sprinters with limb difference
- Cuban male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for Cuba
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- 21st-century Cuban people