Danny Betancourt Chacón (born May 27, 1981 in

Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana. The municipality extends over , and contains ...

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) is a right-handed Olympian

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pitcher who has played for

in the

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, as well as the

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that brought home a gold medal from 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens.

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1981 births Living people 2009 World Baseball Classic players Olympic baseball players for Cuba Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball 2013 World Baseball Classic players Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2015 WBSC Premier12 players {{cuba-baseball-pitcher-stub