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Cuba at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeCUB
NPCComité Paralimpico Cubano
in Tokyo
Competitors16 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Omara Durand & Lorenzo Perez Escalona
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
4
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
6
Summer Paralympics appearances ( overview)

Cuba competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [1] [2]

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Robiel Yankiel Sol Cervantes Athletics Men's long jump T47 31 August
 Gold Omara Durand Athletics Women's 400 metres T12 31 August
 Gold Omara Durand Athletics Women's 100 metres T12 2 September
 Gold Omara Durand Athletics Women's 200 metres T12 4 September
 Silver Leinier Savon Pineda Athletics Men's long jump T12 30 August
 Bronze Leonardo Diaz Aldana Athletics Men's discus throw F56 30 August

Competitors

Source: [3]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 6 2 8
Judo 2 0 2
Cycling 1 0 1
Powerlifting 1 1 2
Shooting 0 1 1
Swimming 1 0 1
Table Tennis 1 0 1
Total 12 4 16

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Two Cuban athlete ( Uliser Aguilera Cruz& Omara Durand) successfully to break through the qualifications for the 2020 Paralympics after breaking the qualification limit. [4]

DQ: Disqualified | SB: Season Best | Q: Qualified by place or standard based on overall position after heats | DNM: Did not mark | DNA: Did not advance | N/A: Not available, stage was not contested | PB: Personal Best | WR: World Record | PR: Paralympic Record | AR: Area Record

Track

Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Leinier Savon Men's 100m T12 10.91 2 DNA 5
Omara Durand

Guide: Yuniol Kindelan

Women's 100m T12 11.70 SB 1 Q 11.49 SB
Women's 200m T12 23.40 SB 1 Q 23.02 WR
Women's 400m T12 55.33 1 Q 52.58 SB

Field

Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Leinier Savon Men's long jump T12 7.16 AR
Ángel Jiménez 6.25 9
Robiel Sol Men's long jump T47 7.46 PR
Noralvis de Las Heras Women's discus throw F64 30.62 SB 8
Leonardo Díaz Men's discus throw F56 43.36 SB
Guillermo Varona Men's javelin throw F57 63.30 AR 4
Ulicer Aguilera Men's javelin throw F13 59.89 AR 4

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Cuba sent one male cyclist after successfully getting a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation quota for the Americas. [5] [6]

FADT: Finish After Deadline Time

Athlete Event Time Rank
Damian López Alfonso Road race C1-3 FADT 35
Time trial C1 30:45.20 10
Men's C1 1000m Time Trial 1:30.047 22

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage

First round

Repechage

Final

Final / BM
Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Rank
Gerardo Rodriguez Men's −81 kg BYE   Villalobos ( PER)

L 10IPP-0

  Karomatov ( UZB)

L 0–10IPP

BYE   Solovey ( UKR)

L 0s1-1s2

DNA 7
Yordani Fernandez Men's +100 kg BYE   Araujo ( BRA)

W 10IPP–0

  Sharipov ( UZB)

L 0–1s2

BYE   Masaki ( JPN)

L 10IPP-0s1

  Choi ( KOR)

L 0-10s1

5

Powerlifting

Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
Leidy Rodriguez Women's -41 kg DNM 9
Oniger Drake Men's −88 kg 181 7

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Qualification 1 Qualification 2 Final
Score Rank Score Rank Score Total Rank
Yenigladys Suarez Echevarria P2 – Women's 10m air pistol SH1 N/A 542-9X 15 Did not advance
Mix 25 metre air pistol SH1 272-4x 26 539-5x 28 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

One Cuban swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS. [7] [8]

Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Lorenzo Perez Escalona Men's 50m freestyle S7 32.27 7 DNA 13
Men's 100m freestyle S6 1:08.62 4 DNA 9
Men's 400m freestyle S6 5:26.57 4 Q 5:30.42 8

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Cuba entered one athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Yunier Fernández qualified from the 2019 Parapan American Games which was held in Lima, Peru. [9]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Yunier Fernández Individual C1   Kim Hyeon-uk ( KOR)
L 0-3 		  Silvio Keller ( SUI)
W 3-0 		2 Q   Joo Young-dae ( KOR)
L 0-3 		Did not advance 17

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ "NPC Entries - Team Cuba | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 2021-08-29.
  4. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  8. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  9. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.


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