Rafael Yunier Alba Castillo (born 12 August 1993) is a Cuban

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

athlete. He competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, in the men's +80 kg. At the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, he won the bronze medal in the men's +80 kg event.

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* 1993 births Living people Cuban male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Cuba Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in taekwondo Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2019 Pan American Games World Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in taekwondo Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-taekwondo-bio-stub