Haislan Veranes Garcia (born March 4, 1983) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. Competing in the 65–66 kg division, he participated in the

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and

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; he reached quarter-finals in 2012, losing to the eventual champion

Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu is a Japanese wrestler. He won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, beating Sushil Kumar of India in the finals of the 66 kg Men's Freestyle Wrestling. He is Second lieutenant in the Japan Ground Self-Defense For ...

. Garcia competed at six world championships, beginning in 2009, and placed fifth in 2010. In 2015 he won a bronze medal at the

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. At the Pan American Championships he won silver medals in 2008 and 2009 and bronze medals in 2010 and 2011. 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.

References

External links

Wrestler bio on beijing2008.com
Living people 1983 births Olympic wrestlers of Canada Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cuban emigrants to Canada Canadian male sport wrestlers Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games Black Canadian sportspeople Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people {{Canada-wrestling-bio-stub