Haislan Veranes | |
Nationality: | Canada |
Birth Date: | 4 March 1983[1] |
Birth Place: | Guanabacoa, Cuba |
Height: | 1.75m (05.74feet) |
Weight: | 73 kg |
Residence: | New Westminster, British Columbia |
Sport: | Freestyle wrestling |
Weight Class: | 65 kg |
Club: | Burnaby Mountain,Vancouver |
Coach: | Dave McKay |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Haislan Veranes Garcia (born March 4, 1983) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. Competing in the 65–66 kg division, he participated in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics; he reached quarter-finals in 2012, losing to the eventual champion Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu. Garcia competed at six world championships, beginning in 2009, and placed fifth in 2010. In 2015 he won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. At the Pan American Championships he won silver medals in 2008 and 2009 and bronze medals in 2010 and 2011.[1]
Garcia was born in Cuba and immigrated to Canada in 2004, following his father, mother and younger sister. He graduated from a military school in Cuba and has a son Harrison, who also competes in wrestling.[1]