Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

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, ...

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Maikro Romero Maikro Romero (born December 9, 1972) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Later he changed weight class to Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) a ...

Héctor Vinent Héctor Vinent Cháron (born July 25, 1972, in Santiago de Cuba) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games o ...

Félix Savón Félix Savón Fabre (born 22 September 1967) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1980 to 2000. Considered one of the all-time greatest amateur boxers, he became three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the World Champion six times ...

Omar Ajete Omar Ajete Iglesias (born July 31, 1965 in San Juan, Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a former baseball player, who starred for the Cuban National Series The Cuban National Series (, SNB) is the primary domestic professional baseball competition in C ...

Jorge Fumero Jorge F. Fumero Fernández (born August 29, 1968) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist. Fumero is a one time Gold medalist for baseball, winning at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Gam ...

Orestes Kindelán Orestes Kindelán Olivares (born November 1, 1964) is the most prolific home run hitter in the history of post-revolutionary Cuban baseball, known as "El Cañon de Dos Rios" and one of the offensive stars of the Cuba national baseball team, whi ...

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, wh ...

Omar Linares Omar Linares Izquierdo (born October 23, 1968)B ...

Juan Manrique Juan Manrique García (born August 26, 1967 in Matanzas, Cuba) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold and silver medalist. Manrique is a one time Gold medalist for baseball, winning at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also won a Silver medal a ...

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 t ...

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 199 ...

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 t ...

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 Olymp ...

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 G ...

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 know ...

Regla Bell Regla Maritza Bell MacKenzie (July 6, 1970 in Havana) is a volleyball player from Cuba who won the gold medal three times at the Olympic Games from 1992–2000, and the World Championship in 1998 with the Cuban national team. Career She won thre ...

Magaly Carvajal Magalys Carvajal Rivera (born December 18, 1968) is a Cuban Volleyball Player, World champion and Olympic champion. She led Cuba to Olympic Gold Medals in the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Games. She also helped Cuba to win the World Gold Medal ...

Marlenis Costa Marlenis Costa Blanco (born July 30, 1973) is a Cuban volleyball player This is a list of top international volleyball players. A * Foluke Akinradewo * Carolina Albuquerque * Todor Aleksiev * Ana Ida Alvares * Thiago Soares Alv ...

Mirka Francia Mirka Francia Vasconcelos (born 14 February 1975, in Villa Clara) is a Cuban- Italian volleyball player who has won two Olympic gold medals with the Cuba women's national volleyball team. At 1.84 meters (6 ft) tall, she played as a blocker ...

Idalmis Gato Idalmis Gato (born August 30, 1971) is a Cuban volleyball player This is a list of top international volleyball players. A * Foluke Akinradewo * Carolina Albuquerque * Todor Aleksiev * Ana Ida Alvares * Thiago Soares Alves * Dan ...

Lilia Izquierdo Lilia Izquierdo Aguirre (born February 10, 1967 in Havana, Cuba) is a former female volleyball player from Cuba. She won gold medals at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the ...

Mireya Luis Alejandrina Mireya Luis Hernández, often referred to as Mireya (born August 25, 1967 in Camagüey) is a retired Cuban volleyball player. Life At the age of 10 she started playing volleyball. At 16, Mireya joined the Cuban national team for t ...

Yumilka Ruíz Yumilka Daysi Ruíz Luaces (born 8 May 1978 in Camagüey) is a retired volleyball player from Cuba, who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She twice won a gold medal with the national team in 1 ...

Regla Torres Regla Torres Herrera (born February 12, 1975 in Havana) is a Cuban volleyball player who has won three Olympic gold medals with her first being at the young, for volleyball, age of 17. She has played on the international circuit since she was 14 ...

Ana Fidelia Quirot Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré (; born March 23, 1963) is a former track and field athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 metres but was also successful over 400 m. At 800 metres, she is a two-time World Champion (1995, 1997) and a two-time Olym ...

Arnaldo Mesa Arnaldo Mesa Bonell (6 December 1967 – 17 December 2012) was an amateur boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. In the final of the Bantamweight (– 54 ...

Juan Hernández Sierra Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired amateur boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight (< 67 kg) division during the 1990s. He represented his native country at three consecutive Alfredo Duvergel — Boxing, men's light middleweight (71 kg) *

Iván Trevejo Iván Trevejo (born 1 September 1971) is a Cuban-born French fencer, silver Olympic medallist in 1996 and team world champion in 1997 for Cuba. He earned a team bronze medal for France in 2013. Biography He won a silver medal in the individual ...

— Fencing, men's épée individual *

Estela Rodríguez Estela Rodríguez Villanueva (17 November 1967 – 10 April 2022) was a Cuban judoka. She won silver medals at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, both in the Half Heavyweight (over 72 kg) category. She returned a positive test to banned d ...

— Judo, women's heavyweight *

Rodolfo Falcón Rodolfo A. Falcón Cabrera (born October 25, 1972 in Havana, Cuba) is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Cuba, and has been called the country's best swimmer ever.Juan Marén — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight (62 kg)

Bronze

* Yoelbi Quesada — Athletics, Men's triple jump * Oscar García,

Elvis Gregory Elvis Gregory (born 18 May 1971) is a Cuban fencer. He won a silver and a bronze medal in the foil events at the 1992 Summer Olympics and a bronze at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Oly ...

and Rolando Tucker — Fencing, men's foil team competition * Israel Hernández — Judo, men's half lightweight (65 kg) * Amarilis Savón — Judo, women's extra lightweight (48 kg) * Legna Verdecia — Judo, women's half lightweight (52 kg) * Diadenis Luna — Judo, women's half heavyweight (72 kg) * Neisser Bent — Swimming, men's 100m backstroke * Alexis Vila — Wrestling, men's freestyle paperweight (48 kg)

Athletics

Men's 4 × 400 m relay * Omar Meña, Jorge Crusellas, Georkis Vera and Robert Hernández ** Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance) Men's long jump *

Jaime Jefferson Jaime Jefferson Guilarte (; born 17 January 1962) is a retired Cuban long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. ...

** Qualification — 7.65m (→ did not advance) Men's decathlon * Eugenio Balanque ** Final result — 7873 points (→ 25th place) * Raul Duany ** Final result — 7802 points (→ 26th place) Men's discus throw * Alexis Elizalde ** Qualification — 62.22m ** Final — 62.70m (→ 9th place) * Roberto Moya ** Qualification — 59.22m (→ did not advance) Men's hammer throw * Alberto Sánchez ** Qualification — 74.82m (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay *

Idalmis Bonne Idalmis Bonne Rousseaux (; born February 2, 1971) is a retired female sprinter from Cuba. Career She claimed a gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Bonne, who was born in Guantánamo, competed in three cons ...

,

Julia Duporty Esther Julia "Daysi" Duporty Torres (born February 9, 1971 in Guantánamo) is a retired sprinter from Cuba, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She set her personal best (50.61) in the women's 400 metres event o ...

, Surella Morales and

Ana Fidelia Quirot Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré (; born March 23, 1963) is a former track and field athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 metres but was also successful over 400 m. At 800 metres, she is a two-time World Champion (1995, 1997) and a two-time Olym ...

** Qualification — 3:24.23 ** Final — 3:25.85 (→ 6th place) Women's long jump * Regla Cardenas ** Qualification — 6.85m (→ did not advance) * Lisette Cuza ** Qualification — 6.56m (→ did not advance) * Niurka Montalvo ** Qualification — 6.48m (→ did not advance) Women's high jump *

Ioamnet Quintero Ioamnet Quintero Alvarez (born September 8, 1972, in Havana, Cuba) is a former high jumper from Cuba. Biography She won the bronze medal in the women's high jump contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and also competed at the 1996 and 2000 game ...

** Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance) Women's triple jump * Yamile Aldama ** Qualification — did not start (→ no ranking) Women's javelin throw * Isel Lopez ** Qualification — 61.40m ** Final — 64.68m (→ 4th place) * Xiomara Rivero ** Qualification — 61.32m ** Final — 64.48m (→ 5th place) * Odelmys Palma ** Qualification — 62.30m ** Final — 59.70m (→ 11th place) Women's discus throw * Maritza Marten ** Qualification — 60.08m (→ did not advance) * Barbara Hechevarria ** Qualification — 61.98m (→ did not advance) Women's shot put *

Belsis Laza Belsy Laza Muñoz (born 5 June 1967 in Guantánamo) is a retired Cuban shot putter. Her personal best put was 20.96 metres, achieved in May 1992 in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl M ...

** Qualification — 18.61m ** Final — 18.40m (→ 10th place) * Yumileidis Cumba ** Qualification — 18.55m (→ did not advance) Women's heptathlon * Regla Cardenas ** Final result — 6246 points (→ 12th place) * Magalys García ** Final result — 6109 points (→ 15th place)

Baseball

Men's tournament: * Cuba – Gold medal (9-0)

Basketball

Women's tournament

;Team roster * Yudith Águila * Milayda Enríquez * Gertrudis Gómez * Cariola Hechavarría * Dalia Henry * Grisel Herrera * Biosotis Lagnó * María León *

Yamilé Martínez Yamilé Martínez Calderón (born November 11, 1970 in Cueto, Holguín) is a women's basketball player from Cuba. Playing as a center she won the gold medal with the Cuba women's national basketball team at the 2003 Pan American Games in San ...

* Tania Seino * Lisdeivis Víctores * Olga Vigil *Head coach: Miguel del Rio Lopez ;Preliminary round ;Quarterfinals ;Classification Round 5th−8th place ;5th place game

Beach volleyball

* Francisco Álvarez and

Juan Rossell Juan Miguel Rossell Milanes (born December 28, 1969 in Jiguani, Granma) is a beach volleyball player from Cuba, who won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, par ...

— 7th place overall

Boxing

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) * Yosvani Aguilera *# First round — Defeated Stefan Ström (Sweden), referee stopped contest in second round *# Second round — Lost to

Mansueto Velasco Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco Jr. (born January 10, 1974) is a Filipino retired boxer, comedian and actor from Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines. Competing in the 48 kg category he won a gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games and a silver at the 1 ...

(Philippines), 5-14 Men's flyweight (– 51 kg) *

Maikro Romero Maikro Romero (born December 9, 1972) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Later he changed weight class to Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) a ...

→ Gold medal *# First round — Defeated

Eric Morel Eric Arturo Morel (born October 10, 1975 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight (112 lb) champion. Amateur career Morel had an outstanding amateur career, and w ...

(United States), 24-12 *# Second round — Defeated

Lernik Papyan Lernik Papyan ( hy, Լէռնիկ Պապյան, born October 26, 1966, in Vanadzor, Lori Province, Armenian SSR) is a retired boxer from Armenia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the men's fl ...

(Armenia), 22-6 *# Quarterfinals — Defeated

Elias Recaido Elias Recaido (born May 15, 1970) is a retired boxer from the Philippines, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg ...

(Philippines), 18-3 *# Semifinals — Defeated Albert Pakeyev (Russia), 12-6 *# Final — Defeated Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan), 12-11 Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg) *

Arnaldo Mesa Arnaldo Mesa Bonell (6 December 1967 – 17 December 2012) was an amateur boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. In the final of the Bantamweight (– 54 ...

→ Silver medal *# First round — Defeated

John Larbi John Hamed Larbi (born 5 March 1977 in Göteborg, Västra Götaland) is a boxer from Sweden,Zahir Raheem Zahir Raheem (born November 7, 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American boxer. Known as "King Raheem", his current professional record stands at 33 wins, 3 losses with 20 knockouts. After a stellar amateur career, which included a 213 ...

(United States), referee stopped contest in first round *# Quarterfinals — Defeated

Rachid Bouaita Rachid Bouaita (born September 20, 1974 in Maubeuge, Nord) is a retired boxer from France, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. His best result was finishing in fifth place after being defeat ...

(France), 15-8 *# Semifinals — Defeated

Raimkul Malakhbekov Raimkul Khudoynazarovich Malakhbekov (russian: Раимкуль Худойназарович Малахбеков; born 16 August 1974 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR) is one of highest titled boxers of Russia, who won two Olympic medals in the Men's Bant ...

(Russia), 14-14, referee decision *# Final — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 7-14 Men's featherweight (– 57 kg) *

Lorenzo Aragón Lorenzo Aragón Armenteros (born April 28, 1974) is a former amateur boxer from Cuba, who was a two-time world champion in the welterweight category. Amateur career Aragón took up boxing at the age of 12. In 1991, a 17-year old Aragón won a ...

*# First round — Defeated Noureddine Magjhound (Algeria), 9-6 *# Second round — Defeated Rogelio de Brito (Brazil), 16-6 *# Quarterfinals — Lost to

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (''né'' Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He currently owns a team in the NASCAR Cup Series named The Money Team Racing. As a professional boxer he competed b ...

(United States), 11-12 Men's lightweight (– 60 kg) *

Julio González Valladares Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...

*# First round — Defeated

Romeo Brin Romeo Brin (born March 10, 1973 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan) is a retired amateur Filipino boxer. He represented the Philippines in three editions of the Olympic Games (1996, 2000, and 2004), and has captured numerous medals in both lightweight ...

(Philippines), 24-13 *# Second round — Lost to Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 9-14 Men's light welterweight (– 63.5 kg) *

Héctor Vinent Héctor Vinent Cháron (born July 25, 1972, in Santiago de Cuba) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games o ...

→ Gold medal *# First round — Defeated Hyung-Min Han (South Korea), referee stopped contest in second round *# Second round — Defeated Nurhan Suleymanoglu (Turkey), 23-1 *# Quarterfinals — Defeated Eduard Zakharov (Russia), 15-7 *# Semifinals — Defeated

Bolat Niyazymbetov Bolat Niyazymbetov (born September 19, 1972) is a Kazakhstani Light Welterweight boxer. He won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Olympic results * Defeated Carlos Martínez (Mexico) 25-3 * Defeated Davis Mwale (Zambia) 11-3 * D ...

(Kazakhstan), 23-6 *# Final — Defeated

Oktay Urkal Oktay Urkal (born 15 January 1970) is a Turkish-German former professional boxer. He is a former European super lightweight and welterweight champion, and a multiple time world title challenger. Amateur career As an amateur, Urkal won the silve ...

(Germany), 20-13 Men's welterweight (– 67 kg) *

Juan Hernández Sierra Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired amateur boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight (< 67 kg) division during the 1990s. He represented his native country at three consecutive József Nagy (Hungary), referee stopped contest in second round *# Second round — Defeated Vadim Mezga (Belarus), 12-2 *# Quarterfinals — Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), 16-8 *# Semifinals — Defeated

Marian Simion Marian Simion (born 14 September 1975 in București) is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He repeated that feat one year later, at the 2001 World Amateur ...

(Romania), 20-7 *# Final — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 9-14 Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg) * Alfredo Duvergel → Silver medal *# First round — Defeated Jozef Gilewski (Poland), 10-2 *# Second round — Defeated Serguei Gorodnychov (Ukraine), 15-2 *# Quarterfinals — Defeated

Antonio Perugino Antonio Perugino (born 30 September 1973) is an Italian boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 ...

(Italy), 15-8 *# Semifinals — Defeated

Yermakhan Ibraimov Yermakhan Ibraimov (born 1 January 1972 in Jambyl Region) is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. Four years earlier, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he ...

(Kazakhstan), 28-19 *# Final — Lost to David Reid (United States), knock-out in third round Men's middleweight (– 75 kg) * Ariel Hernández → Gold medal *# First round — Defeated

Kabary Salem Kabary Salem (born 12 February 1968) is an Egyptian former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2005 and challenged for the WBO super-middleweight title in 2004. In December 2020, he was arrested in Egypt and extradited to the United St ...

(Egypt), 11-2 *# Second round — Defeated

Sven Ottke Sven Ottke (born 3 June 1967) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2004. He was a unified super-middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 1998 to 2004, and the WBA (Unified) title from 2003 to 2004. ...

(Germany), 5-0 *# Quarterfinals — Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 15-8 *# Semifinals — Defeated Rhoshii Wells (United States), 17-8 *# Final — Defeated

Malik Beyleroğlu Malik Beyleroğlu (born January 21, 1970) is a former amateur boxer from Turkey(Azerbaijani origin), born in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's middleweight di ...

(Turkey), 11-3 Men's light heavyweight (– 81 kg) * Freddy Rojas *# First round — Defeated Mahmoud Kalifa (Egypt), 20-9 *# Second round — Lost to Lee Seung-Bao (South Korea), 9-13 Men's heavyweight (91 kg) *

Félix Savón Félix Savón Fabre (born 22 September 1967) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer, who competed from 1980 to 2000. Considered one of the all-time greatest amateur boxers, he became three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the World Champion six times ...

→ Gold medal *# First round — Defeated Andrei Kumyaavka (Kyrgyzstan), 9-3 *# Second round — Defeated Kwamena Turkson (Sweden), knock-out in first round *# Quarterfinals — Defeated Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), 20-4 *# Semifinals — Defeated

Luan Krasniqi Luan Krasniqi (born 10 May 1971) is a German actor and former professional boxer. He held the European heavyweight title and also challenged for the WBO world heavyweight title. Background Krasniqi is the youngest of eight children to Kosovar ...

(Germany), walkover *# Final — Defeated David Defiagbon (Canada), 20-2 Men's super heavyweight (> 91 kg) *

Alexis Rubalcaba Alexis Rubalcaba (born September 9, 1972) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (where he suffered a shocking loss to Paea Wolfgr ...

*# First round — Bye *# Second round — Defeated

Paolo Vidoz Paolo Vidoz (born 21 August 1970) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011 and held the European heavyweight title from 2005 to 2006. As an amateur Vidoz won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in the super-heavywei ...

(Italy), referee stopped contest in first round *# Quarterfinals — Lost to

Paea Wolfgramm Paea Wolfgramm (born December 1, 1969) is a Tongan retired boxer. Nicknamed "The Tongan Warrior", Wolfgramm won the Super Heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making him the first athlete from Tonga to win an Olympic medal. P ...

(Tonga), 12-17

Cycling

Women's individual road race * Dania Perez ** Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing

Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Cuba in 1996. ; Men's foil * Rolando Tucker *

Elvis Gregory Elvis Gregory (born 18 May 1971) is a Cuban fencer. He won a silver and a bronze medal in the foil events at the 1992 Summer Olympics and a bronze at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Oly ...

* Oscar García ; Men's team foil *

Elvis Gregory Elvis Gregory (born 18 May 1971) is a Cuban fencer. He won a silver and a bronze medal in the foil events at the 1992 Summer Olympics and a bronze at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Oly ...

, Oscar García, Rolando Tucker ; Men's épée *

Iván Trevejo Iván Trevejo (born 1 September 1971) is a Cuban-born French fencer, silver Olympic medallist in 1996 and team world champion in 1997 for Cuba. He earned a team bronze medal for France in 2013. Biography He won a silver medal in the individual ...

; Women's épée * Mirayda García * Milagros Palma * Tamara Esteri ; Women's team épée * Milagros Palma, Mirayda García, Tamara Esteri

Judo

Men's extra-lightweight *

Manolo Poulot Manolo Poulot Ramos (born 28 June 1974 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg) category, together with Aidyn Smagulov Aidyn Smagulov ( kk, Айдын ...

Men's half-lightweight * Israel Hernández Men's middleweight *

Yosvany Despaigne Yosvane Despaigne Terry (born April 13, 1976, in Cienfuegos) is a male judoka from Cuba, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight division (– 90 kg) at the Pan American Games (1999 and 2003). He represented his nati ...

Men's half-heavyweight * Angel Sánchez Men's heavyweight *

Frank Moreno Frank Esteban Moreno García (born November 17, 1965 in Matanzas) is a retired Cuban judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『� ...

Women's extra-lightweight * Amarilis Savón Women's half-lightweight * Legna Verdecia Women's lightweight * Driulys González Women's half-middleweight *

Ileana Beltrán Ileana Benita Beltrán Zulueta (born May 24, 1971 in Havana, Ciudad de la Habana) is a retired female judoka from Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the ...

Women's middleweight * Odalis Revé Women's half-heavyweight * Diadenys Luña Women's heavyweight *

Estela Rodríguez Estela Rodríguez Villanueva (17 November 1967 – 10 April 2022) was a Cuban judoka. She won silver medals at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, both in the Half Heavyweight (over 72 kg) category. She returned a positive test to banned d ...

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

;Men

Swimming

Men's 100m backstroke *

Rodolfo Falcón Rodolfo A. Falcón Cabrera (born October 25, 1972 in Havana, Cuba) is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Cuba, and has been called the country's best swimmer ever.Neisser Bent *# Heat — 54.83 *# Final — 55.02 (→ Bronze medal) Men's 200m backstroke *

Rodolfo Falcón Rodolfo A. Falcón Cabrera (born October 25, 1972 in Havana, Cuba) is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Cuba, and has been called the country's best swimmer ever.Neisser Bent *# Heat — 2:04.23 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Men's 100m breaststroke * Mario González *# Heat — 1:03.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Men's 200m breaststroke * Mario González *# Heat — 2:16.15 *# B final — 2:15.11 (→ 10th place)

Volleyball

Men's indoor tournament

*Preliminary round (Group A) ** Defeated Bulgaria (3-0) ** Defeated Poland (3-0) ** Defeated United States (3-2) ** Defeated Argentina (3-0) ** Lost to Brazil (0-3) *Quarterfinals ** Lost to Russia (0-3) *Classification matches ** 5th/8th place: Defeated Bulgaria (3-1) ** 5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 6th place *Team roster ** Alexis Batle ** Angel Beltrán ** Freddy Brooks **

Joel Despaigne Joel or Yoel is a name meaning "Yahweh Is God" and may refer to: * Joel (given name), origin of the name including a list of people with the first name. * Joel (surname), a surname * Joel (footballer, born 1904), Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Brazili ...

** Raúl Diago ** Jhosvany Hernández **

Osvaldo Hernández Osvaldo Hernández Chambell (born 11 July 1970 in Camagüey) is an Italian volleyball player originally from Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the isl ...

** Lazaro Martín ** Alain Roca ** Rodolfo Sanchez ** Ricardo Vantes **

Nicolas Vives Nicolas Ernestos Vives Coffibny (born ) is a former Cuban male volleyball player. He was part of the Cuba men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2000 ...

Women's indoor tournament

*Team roster **

Taismary Agüero Taismary Agüero Leiva (born March 5, 1977) is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player. She is the only player to represent two women's volleyball national team to win Major titles (1995 FIVB World Cup, 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, 1998 FIVB Worl ...

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Regla Bell Regla Maritza Bell MacKenzie (July 6, 1970 in Havana) is a volleyball player from Cuba who won the gold medal three times at the Olympic Games from 1992–2000, and the World Championship in 1998 with the Cuban national team. Career She won thre ...

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Mirka Francia Mirka Francia Vasconcelos (born 14 February 1975, in Villa Clara) is a Cuban- Italian volleyball player who has won two Olympic gold medals with the Cuba women's national volleyball team. At 1.84 meters (6 ft) tall, she played as a blocker ...

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Idalmis Gato Idalmis Gato (born August 30, 1971) is a Cuban volleyball player This is a list of top international volleyball players. A * Foluke Akinradewo * Carolina Albuquerque * Todor Aleksiev * Ana Ida Alvares * Thiago Soares Alves * Dan ...

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Lilia Izquierdo Lilia Izquierdo Aguirre (born February 10, 1967 in Havana, Cuba) is a former female volleyball player from Cuba. She won gold medals at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the ...

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Mireya Luis Alejandrina Mireya Luis Hernández, often referred to as Mireya (born August 25, 1967 in Camagüey) is a retired Cuban volleyball player. Life At the age of 10 she started playing volleyball. At 16, Mireya joined the Cuban national team for t ...

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Yumilka Ruíz Yumilka Daysi Ruíz Luaces (born 8 May 1978 in Camagüey) is a retired volleyball player from Cuba, who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She twice won a gold medal with the national team in 1 ...

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Regla Torres Regla Torres Herrera (born February 12, 1975 in Havana) is a Cuban volleyball player who has won three Olympic gold medals with her first being at the young, for volleyball, age of 17. She has played on the international circuit since she was 14 ...

*Head coach: Eugenio Jorge

Weightlifting

Men's bantamweight *

William Vargas William Vargas Trujillo (born September 17, 1970, in Havana) is a retired male weightlifter from Cuba. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, als ...

Men's lightweight *

Idalberto Aranda Idalberto Aranda Quintero (born May 29, 1975 in Santiago de Cuba) is a retired male weightlifter from Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cub ...

Men's middleweight *

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 know ...

Men's middle-heavyweight * Carlos Alexis Hernández * Enrique Sabari

Wrestling

Men's light-flyweight, Greco-Roman * Wilber Sánchez Amita Men's flyweight, Greco-Roman *

Lázaro Rivas Lázaro Rivas Scull (4 April 1975 – 22 December 2013)Muere astro olímpico por mal servicio urgencias (Lázaro Rivas' obituary). ''CubaNet''. 27 December 2013. /translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://www.cubanet.org/destacados/m ...

Men's bantamweight, Greco-Roman * Luis Sarmiento Men's featherweight, Greco-Roman * Juan Luis Marén Men's lightweight, Greco-Roman * Liubal Colás Men's welterweight, Greco-Roman *

Filiberto Azcuy Filiberto Azcuy Aguilera (born October 13, 1972) is a Cuban wrestler (Greco-Roman The Greco-Roman civilization (; also Greco-Roman culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and writers, includes ...

Men's light-heavyweight, Greco-Roman * Reynaldo Peña Men's heavyweight, Greco-Roman * Héctor Milián Men's light-flyweight, freestyle * Alexis Vila Men's flyweight, freestyle * Carlos Varela González Men's bantamweight, freestyle *

Alejandro Puerto Alejandro Puerto Díaz (born October 1, 1964) is a retired male wrestling, wrestler from Cuba and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. Puerto competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona where he won a gold medal in the men's freestyl ...

Men's lightweight, freestyle * Yosvany Sánchez Men's welterweight, freestyle * Alberto Rodríguez Hernández Men's middleweight, freestyle *

Ariel Ramos Ariel Ramos (born April 14, 1971) is a retired male wrestler from Cuba, who competed in the freestyle competition during his career. He won a bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games for his native country, and competed at the 1996 Summer Olym ...

Men's heavyweight, freestyle * Wilfredo Morales

Notes

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References

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Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Baseball

Basketball

Women's tournament

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Cycling

Fencing

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Volleyball

Men's indoor tournament

Women's indoor tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

Notes

References