Cuba at the 2004 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	CUB
Npcname:	Comité Paralimpico Cubano
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2004
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	24
Sports:	4
Rank:	43
Gold:	2
Silver:	2
Bronze:	7
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1992

Cuba competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 24 athletes, 19 men and 5 women.^[1] Competitors from Cuba won 11 medals, including 2 gold, 2 silver and 7 bronze to finish 43rd in the medal table.^[2]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's long jump F13
			Women's long jump F13
			Men's 10000m T13
			Men's relay T11-13
			Men's 100m T13
			Men's 200m T13
			Men's 5000m T13
			Men's shot put F44/46
			Women's 100m T13
			Women's shot put F42-46
			Men's +100 kg

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yunieski Abreu	T13	800m	1:57.98	4
		1500m	4:07.41	13	did not advance
		5000m	15:30.59
Irving Bustamante	T13	100m	11.14	3 Q	11.24
		200m	23.05	7 Q	23.04
Diosmani Gonzalez	T12	5000m	15:22.54	6
	T13	1500m	4:19.95	20	did not advance
		10000m	32:04.32
Adrian Iznaga	T11	100m	11.61	3 Q	11.93	9	did not advance
		200m	23.97	4 q	23.89	4 q	23.78	4
Omar Turro	T12	200m	DNF		did not advance
		400m	52.73	6 Q	57.66	8	did not advance
Irving Bustamante Enrique Cepeda Fernando Gonzalez Adrian Iznaga Ángel Jimenez	T11-13	relay	44.15	3 q	44.60

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Enrique Cepeda	F12	Long jump	6.38	style="text-align:center;"	-	12
		Triple jump	14.39	style="text-align:center;"	-	4
Leonardo Diaz Aldana	F55-56	Javelin	28.65	894	11
	F56	Discus	NMR
		Shot put	9.31	style="text-align:center;"	-	13
Gerdan Fonseca	F44/46	Shot put	14.76	1016
Fernando Gonzalez	F12	Long jump	6.52	style="text-align:center;"	-	10
		Triple jump	13.14	style="text-align:center;"	-	8
Ángel Jimenez	F13	Long jump	7.15	style="text-align:center;"	-
Jorge Jay Maso	F11	Long jump	5.96	style="text-align:center;"	-	4
		Triple jump	12.51	style="text-align:center;"	-	4

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Yunidis Castillo	F44/46	Long jump	4.90	897	13
Noralvis de las Heras	F42-46	Discus	27.81	859	12
		Javelin	25.66	691	10
		Shot put	11.90 WR	1109
Ana Jimenez	F13	Long jump	5.40	style="text-align:center;"	-

Judo

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Rafael Cruz Alonso	Men's 90kg	L 0000-1000	did not advance
Alexis Miclin Gonzalez	Men's 73kg	Bye	L 0010–1000	L 0000-1000	did not advance
Rafael Torres Pompa	Men's +100kg	Bye	L 0001S-1001S	W 0210-0000	W 1000-0000

Sergio Arturo Perez won a gold medal in the men's 60kg category however he was tested positive for a banned substance in which he was stripped of his gold medal.

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Danilo Rodriguez Garcia	56kg	155.0	4
Cesar Rubio Guerra	52kg	130.0	9

Table tennis

Women

See also

• Cuba at the Paralympics
• Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. International Paralympic Committee. 8 June 2011.
2. Web site: Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. International Paralympic Committee. 8 June 2011.