Lino Elias Explained

Lino Elias
Full Name:Lino Emerido Elías Ocaña
Nationality:Cuban
Sport:Weightlifting
Birth Date:16 March 1966

Lino Emerido Elías Ocaña (born 16 March 1966) is a Cuban weightlifter. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]

Elías Ocaña won weightlifting gold at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico.[2] Following the games, he defected to the United States with at least 30 other Cuban athletes.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Lino Elias Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172047/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/lino-elias-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 29 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Cuban defector total climbs to 32. 10 August 1992. Cuevas. Leila A. Andreu. Associated Press.
  3. News: Jere . Longman . Olympics; No Quick Naturalization For Any Cuban Defectors . The New York Times . 2 December 1993 .