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Nickname | Freddie [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 17 October 1969||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para-cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | H5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfredo de los Santos (born 17 October 1969) is a Dominican-American Para-cyclist. He represented the United States in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics. In the latter, he won a bronze medal in the mixed team relay H1–5. [2]
De los Santos has a bachelor's degree in graphic design from City College of New York and served in the United States Army. He was injured during a grenade attack in Afghanistan in 2009, resulting in traumatic brain injury and his right leg being amputated above the knee. [1] [3]