Summer Paralympics 2008 / Participant (Cuba)

CUB

5	3	6th

Cuba took 35 athletes at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Yunidis Castillo . She was also the most successful athlete on the Cuban team with two gold medals that she won in the 100-meter and 200-meter races in the T46 class.

Participants by sport

Judo

Women

• María González
• Anayasi Hernandez

Men

• Juan Carlos Cortada , 1 × (class up to 100 kg)
• Isao Cruz , 1 × (class up to 81 kg)
• Jorge Hierrezuelo
• Yargaliny Jimenez
• Sergio Perez
• Victor Sanchez , 1 × (class up to 66 kg)

athletics

Women

• Yunidis Castillo , 2 × (100 meters, 200 meters; class T46)
• Omara Durand
• Daineris Mijan

Men

• Yuniesky Abreu
• Roberto Avila Perez
• Isidoro Barthelemy
• Ernesto Blanco
• Ettiam Calderon , 1 × (200 meters, class T46)
• Leonardo Diaz , 1 × (discus throwing, class F55 / 56)
• Freddy Durruthy , 1 × (400 meters, class T13)
• Erick Figueredo
• Gerdan Fonseca , 1 × (shot put, class F44)
• Luis Manuel Galano , 1 × (400 meters, grade 13)
• Diosmany Gonzalez
• Luis Felipe Gutierrez , 1 × (100 meters, class T13)
• Arian Iznaga , 1 × (200 meters, class T11)
• Yaseen Perez
• Lazaro Raschid Aguilar , 2 × (800 meters, class T12; 1500 meters, class T13)
• Felix Rice
• Julio Roque

Powerlifting (bench press)

Men

• Luis Perea
• Cesar Rubio

swim

Men

• Adonis Leon

Table tennis

Women

• Yanelis Silva

Men

• Yunier Fernandez
• Erich Manso
• Isvel Trujillo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Summer Paralympic Participant List ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 28, 2008)
2. ↑ Paralympic.org, September 28, 2008, list of standard bearers ( memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )