|
Cuba At The 1996 Summer Olympics
Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 164 competitors, 111 men and 53 women, took part in 84 events in 15 sports. Due to the hostilities in the US-Cuban relations, Cuban athletes were only allowed to travel to Atlanta following the permission of its local NOC, to avoid any possibility of defections. Medalists Gold * Maikro Romero — Boxing, men's flyweight (51 kg) * Héctor Vinent — Boxing, men's light welterweight (63,5 kg) * Ariel Hernández — Boxing, men's middleweight (75 kg) * Félix Savón — Boxing, men's heavyweight (91 kg) * Omar Ajete, José Ariel Contreras, Miguel Caldes, José Estrada González, Jorge Fumero, Alberto Hernández, Rey Isaac, Orestes Kindelán, Pedro Lazo, Omar Linares, Omar Luis, Juan Manrique, Eliecer Montes, Antonio Pacheco, Juan Padilla, Eduardo Paret, Ormari Romero, Antonio Scull, Luis Ulacia and Lázaro Vargas — Baseball, men's tournament * Driulis González ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Olympic Committee
'' , logo =Cuban Olympic Committee.svg , size = 150px , country = Cuba , code = CUB , created = 1926 , recognized = 1955 , association = PASO , headquarters = Havana, Cuba , president = José Fernández Álvarez , secretary general =Ruperto Herrera Tabio , website www.olympic.org/cuba The Cuban Olympic Committee () is the organization that represents Cuban athletes in the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Pan American Games and the Central American and Caribbean Games. It was created in Havana in 1926; however, it was not formally recognized by the IOC until 1955. The organization is currently directed by José Fernández Álvarez. The Cuban Olympic Committee is headquartered in Havana, Cuba. See also * Cuba at the Olympics Cuba first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in 20 of 28 Summer Olympic Games overall. Cuban athletes have never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. Among those nations that have never p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Lazo
Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias (born April 15, 1973 in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba) is a top pitcher in Cuban baseball. He is used predominantly as a reliever in international competition, although he is a starter in the Cuban National Series, where he plays for Pinar del Río. His fastball has been clocked at 97 mph, and he combined it with a mid-80s slider. Career Lazo was part of the gold medal-winning Cuban teams at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 2004 Athens games, and won silver at the 2000 Sydney and 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also appeared in the exhibition series between the Cuban national team and the Baltimore Orioles in 1999. During the World Cup of Baseball in 2005 in the Netherlands, Lazo had 2 wins, 0 losses with 2 saves, a 0.54 earned run average, and just 7 hits against in innings. He also pitched for Cuba in the World Baseball Classic in March 2006 and recorded an impressive 5 inning save against Dominican Republic in the semifinals matchup. Lazo is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Lara
Pablo Lara Rodríguez (born 30 May 1968 in Santa Clara) is a Cuban weightlifter. He won a gold medal in the ''middleweight class'' at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ... in Atlanta. References External links * 1968 births Living people People from Santa Clara, Cuba Cuban male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Cuba Weightlifters at the 1991 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 1995 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Pan Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Driulis González
Driulis González Morales (born 21 September 1973 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban judoka who has won four Olympic medals, including a gold medal in 1996. She carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Along with Australia's Mária Pekli and Japan's Ryoko Tamura-Tani, Driulis is the first female judoka to compete at five Olympics. The only other judokas to compete at five Olympics are Belgian Robert Van de Walle and Puerto Rican judoka-bobsledder Jorge Bonnet Jorge L. Bonnet (born 11 May 1965) is a Puerto Rican judoka and bobsledder who competed at five Olympic Games. He competed in judo at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, and in bobsleigh at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 .... References External links * * * 1973 births Living people Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lázaro Vargas
Lázaro Vargas Álvarez (born January 18, 1964) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist. Vargas is a two time gold medalist for baseball, winning at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... He is one of the best third baseman players in the Cuban baseball References * * 1964 births Living people Olympic baseball players for Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Baseball players at the 1987 Pan American Games Baseball players at the 1991 Pan American Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Ulacia
Luis Ulacia Álvarez (born September 24, 1963, in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold and silver medalist. Ulacia has competed for the Cuba national baseball team. He is a two time Gold medalist for baseball, winning at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. Ulacia played for the Cuba national team in the 1999 Baltimore Orioles–Cuba national baseball team exhibition series. He also won a Silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics for baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ... Ulacias was the manager of Camaguey baseball team. Actually (2017), is the manager of the Sub-23 Camagüey baseball team. References * * 1963 births Living people Baseball players from Havana Olympic baseball players of Cuba Olympic silve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Scull
Antonio Scull Hernández (born September 10, 1965 in Havana) is a first baseman with Industriales of the Cuban National Series and a longtime member of the Cuban national baseball team. Representing Cuba, Scull won gold medals at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from .... During the 2005-06 Cuban National Series, at age 40, Scull hit .299 for Industriales, playing in 67 of the team's 90 games. References External links * 1965 births Living people Olympic baseball players of Cuba Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ormari Romero
Ormari Romero Turcás (born February 22, 1968 in Segundo Frente, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba) is a right-handed pitcher for the Cuba national baseball team and Santiago de Cuba of the Cuban National Series. Romero was part of the Cuba national baseball team that brought home the gold medal from the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was 2-1 for the silver medal-win by Cuba at the 2006 World Baseball Classic The 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 to 20 in stadiums that are in and around Tokyo, Japan; San Juan, Puerto .... References * External links * 1968 births Living people Olympic baseball players for Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Baseball players at the 1999 Pan Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Paret
Eduardo Paret Pérez (born October 23, 1972 in Santa Clara) is a Cuban baseball player. He is a shortstop for Villa Clara of the Cuban National Series, and for the Cuban national baseball team. Paret was the starting shortstop on the Cuban teams that won gold medals at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics and second place at the 2006 World Baseball Classic. He was named most valuable player of the 2005 World Cup of Baseball after going 12 for 19 with 8 stolen bases in the tournament. In July 1997, Paret and his Villa Clara teammates Osmani García and Angel López spoke with Cuban defector Rolando Arrojo by telephone. As a result, they were banned from Cuban baseball for "maintaining contact with baseball traitors." The ban has since been lifted. On July 28, 2006, ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Padilla (second Baseman)
Juan Padilla Alfonso (born September 16, 1965 in Havana) was a member of the Gold Medal-winning Cuban team at the Olympics in 1992 and 1996. Cuban leagues He drove in 63 runs for the Industriales in the 1987–1988 Serie Nacional to lead the league. In 1995–1996, he homered in the last game of the finals to give the Industriales the pennant. Overall, Padilla hit .307/.363/.447 in 17 seasons in Cuba and fielded .978. Through 2009, he ranked 10th all-time in assists (4,621) and 7th in double plays (1,224). He was 12th in sacrifice flies (70) and 7th with 68 triples, right between brothers Wilfredo Sanchez and Fernando Sanchez. For the 1990s, he hit .322, tied for 10th with Luis Ulacia in that span. An eye injury (unrelated to baseball) ended Padilla's career after the 2000 season. He later managed the Metropolitanos for several years. International career Juan played for the Cuban national team in over a dozen events. He played in the 1986 Amateur World Series (2 for 3) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Pacheco Massó
Antonio Pacheco Massó (born 4 June 1964) is a retired Cuban baseball player, and is also a 3 times Olympic medalist. He coached the Cuba national baseball team to a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He played for Japanese corporate team Shidax between 2002 and 2004. He has been a baseball instructor in the New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ... farm system since 2014. References External links * 1964 births Living people Olympic baseball managers Olympic baseball players of Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 1992 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |