Raúl Cascaret Explained

Raúl Cascaret
Full Name:Raúl Cascaret Fonseca
Birth Date:20 June 1962
Birth Place:Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Death Place:Havana, Cuba
Sport:Wrestling

Raúl Cascaret Fonseca (20 June 1962 – 26 March 1995) was a Cuban freestyle wrestler.[1] [2] Cascaret was a two-time World Champion and competed in the men's freestyle 62 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics, placing fourth.[3] [4] A Pan American Games champion and a seven-time Cuban National champion, Cascaret died in a car crash in 1995, at the age of 32.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raúl Cascaret: el primer gran campeón de la lucha cubana . oncubanews . 24 May 2020 . 27 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Ilustres: Raúl Cascaret, ¡qué luchador! . trabajadores . 24 May 2020.
  3. Raúl Cascaret . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114633/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/raul-cascaret-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 13 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Raúl Cascaret . Olympics.org . 24 May 2020.
  5. Web site: Raúl Cascaret, un rey mundial de la lucha cubana - Periódico Guerrillero . 31 January 2022 . guerrillero.cu . es.