Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

Gold

• Maikro Romero
  Maikro Romero
  Maikro Romero is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
   — Boxing, men's flyweight (51 kg)
• Héctor Vinent
  Héctor Vinent
  Héctor Vinent Cháron was a Cuban boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.-External links:**...
  
   — Boxing, men's light welterweight (63,5 kg)
• Ariel Hernández — Boxing, men's middleweight (75 kg)
• Félix Savón
  Félix Savón
  Félix Savón Fabre is a Cuban heavyweight boxer, a winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Savón is considered a legend in amateur boxing and has won six world titles....
  
   — Boxing, men's heavyweight (91 kg)
• Omar Ajete
  Omar Ajete
  Omar Ajete Iglesias is a former baseball player, who starred for the Cuban National Series' Pinar del Río Vegueros and the Cuban national team....
  
  , José Ariel Contreras
  José Contreras
  José Ariel Contreras Camejo is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently with the Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  , Miguel Caldes, José Estrada
  Jose Estrada
  Jose Estrada may refer to:*Jose Estrada, Sr., Puerto Rican professional wrestler*Jose Estrada, Jr., his son, Puerto Rican professional wrestler*Jose Marcelo Ejercito, better known as Joseph Estrada, former President of the Philippines...
  
  , Jorge Fumero
  Jorge Fumero
  Jorge F. Fumero Fernández is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist.Fumero is a one time Gold medalist for baseball, winning at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
  
  , Alberto Hernández
  Alberto Hernández
  José Alberto Hernández Pérez is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist....
  
  , Rey Isaac
  Rey Isaac
  Rey Isaac Vaillant is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist.Vaillant is a one time Gold medalist for baseball, winning at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
  
  , Orestes Kindelán
  Orestes Kindelán
  Orestes Kindelán Olivares is the most prolific home run hitter in the history of post-revolutionary Cuban baseball, well known as "El Cañon de Dos Rios" and one of the offensive stars of the Cuban national baseball team, which won numerous World Cups and two Olympic gold medals during his tenure...
  
  , Pedro Lazo, Omar Linares
  Omar Linares
  Omar Linares Izquierdo is a former Cuban baseball player. Linares, who played third base for the Cuban national team and for Pinar del Río and Vegueros in the Cuban National Series wearing the number 10 on his jersey, is considered one of the greatest Cuban players of all time...
  
  , Omar Luis
  Omar Luis
  Omar Luis Martínez is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold medalist.Martínez is a one time Gold medalist for baseball, winning at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
  
  , Juan Manrique
  Juan Manrique
  Juan Manrique García 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....
  
  , Eliecer Montes, Antonio Pacheco
  Antonio Pacheco Massó
  Antonio Pacheco Massó is a retired Cuban baseball player, and is also a 3 times Olympic medalist. He also coached the Cuban national baseball team to a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He played for Japanese corporate team Shidax between 2002 and 2004. He is the current manager of...
  
  , Juan Padilla
  Juan Padilla (second baseman)
  Juan Padilla Alfonso was a member of the Gold Medal-winning Cuban team at the Olympics in 1992 and 1996.-Cuban leagues:...
  
  , Eduardo Paret
  Eduardo Paret
  Eduardo Paret Pérez is a Cuban baseball player. He is a shortstop for Villa Clara of the Cuban National Series, and for the Cuban national baseball team....
  
  , Ormari Romero
  Ormari Romero
  Ormari Romero Turcás is a right-handed pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team and Santiago de Cuba of the Cuban National Series....
  
  , Antonio Scull
  Antonio Scull
  Antonio Scull Hernández is a first baseman with Industriales of the Cuban National Series and a longtime member of the Cuban national baseball team...
  
  , Luis Ulacia
  Luis Ulacia
  Luis Ulacia Álvarez is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold and silver medalist....
  
   and Lázaro Vargas
  Lázaro Vargas
  Lázaro Vargas Álvarez 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....
  
   — Baseball, men's tournament
• Driulis González
  Driulis González
  Driulis González Morales is a female Cuban judoka who has won four Olympic medals, including a gold medal in 1996. Because of pregnancy, she skipped the 2001 World Championships. After her son's birth González changed from weight category U57 to U63...
  
   — Judo, women's lightweight (56 kg)
• Pablo Lara
  Pablo Lara
  Pablo Lara Rodríguez is a Cuban weightlifter.He won a gold medal in the middleweight class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.- References :...
  
   — Weightlifting, men's middleweight (76 kg)
• Feliberto Ascuy — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight (74 kg)
• Taismari Aguero, Regla Bell
  Regla Bell
  Regla Maritza Bell MacKenzie is female volleyball player from Cuba who won three times the gold medal at the Olympic Games from 1992–2000, and the World Championship in 1998 with the Cuban national team....
  
  , Magaly Carvajal
  Magaly Carvajal
  Magaly Carvajal 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 in 1994....
  
  , Marlenis Costa
  Marlenis Costa
  Marlenis Costa is a Cuban volleyball player, world champion and Olympic champion. She was a member of the Cuban winning team at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic games.She became world champion in 1994 and in 1998.-References:...
  
  , Ana Fernández
  Ana Fernández
  Ana Ivis Fernández Valle is a Cuban volleyball player, and three times Olympic Champion as a member of the Cuban winning team in 1992, 1996 and 2000.-Individual awards:* 1998 World Championship "Best Spiker"-References:...
  
  , Mirka Francia
  Mirka Francia
  Mirka Francia Vasconcelos is a Cuban-Italian volleyball player who has won two Olympic gold medals with the Cuba women's national volleyball team...
  
  , Idalmis Gato
  Idalmis Gato
  Idalmis Gato is a Cuban volleyball player world champion and Olympic champion. She was a member of the Cuban winning team at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic games.She became world champion in 1994.-References:...
  
  , Lilia Izquierdo
  Lilia Izquierdo
  Lilia Izquierdo Aguirre is a former female volleyball player from Cuba, who won three golden medals in a row at the Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2000.-References:*...
  
  , Mireya Luis
  Mireya Luis
  Alejandrina Mireya Luis Hernández, often referred to as Mireya is a retired Cuban volleyball player....
  
  , Raiza O'Farrill, Yumilka Ruíz
  Yumilka Ruiz
  Yumilka Ruíz Luaces 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 1996 and 2000; she also claimed the bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.She...
  
   and Regla Torres
  Regla Torres
  Regla Torres Herrera 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...
  
   — Volleyball, women's tournament

Silver

• Ana Fidelia Quirot
  Ana Fidelia Quirot
  Ana Fidelia Quirot is a female athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m....
  
   — Athletics, women's 800 metres
• Arnaldo Mesa
  Arnaldo Mesa
  Arnaldo Mesa Bonell is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final of the Bantamweight division he was defeated by Hungary's István Kovács...
  
   — Boxing, Men's bantamweight (54 kg)
• Juan Hernández Sierra
  Juan Hernández Sierra
  Juan Hernández Sierra is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight...
  
   — Boxing, men's welterweight (67 kg)
• Alfredo Duvergel
  Alfredo Duvergel
  Alfredo Duvergel is a Cuban boxer. He won the silver medal in the men's light middleweight category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-Career:...
  
   — Boxing, men's light middleweight (71 kg)
• Iván Trevejo — Fencing, men's épée individual
• Estela Rodríguez
  Estela Rodríguez
  Estela Rodríguez Villanueva is a retired Cuban judoka. She won silver medals at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, both in the Half Heavyweight category.-References:*...
  
   — Judo, women's heavyweight
• Rodolfo Falcón
  Rodolfo Falcon
  Rodolfo A. Falcón Cabrera is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Cuba, and has been called the country's best swimmer ever. Since 2006, he has been the country's National Commissioner for swimming....
  
   — Swimming, men's 100m backstroke
• Juan Marén
  Juan Marén
  Juan Luis Marén Delis is an Cuban wrestler who has won three Olympic medals.-References:*...
  
   — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight (62 kg)

Bronze

• Yoelbi Quesada
  Yoelbi Quesada
  Yoelbi Luis Quesada Fernández is a Cuban athlete competing mostly in triple jump. He has an Olympic bronze medal, and became world champion in 1997 with a personal best jump of 17.85m.- Major achievements :...
  
   — Athletics, Men's triple jump
• Oscar García, Elvis Gregory and Rolando Tucker — Fencing, men's foil team competition
• Israel Hernández
  Israel Hernández
  Israel Hernández Planas is a Cuban judoka. At the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics he won bronze medals in the men's Half Lightweight category.-References:...
  
   — Judo, men's half lightweight (65 kg)

• Amarilis Savón
  Amarilis Savón
  Amarilis Savón Carmenate is a Cuban judoka who has won three Olympic bronze medals.-References:*...
  
   — Judo, women's extra lightweight (48 kg)

• Legna Verdecia
  Legna Verdecia
  Legna Verdecia Rodríguez is a Cuban judoka who won Olympic medals in 1996 and 2000.-References:*...
  
   — Judo, women's half lightweight (52 kg)

• Diadenis Luna
  Diadenis Luna
  Diadenis Luna Castellano is a Cuban judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in the women's Half Heavyweight category, together with Ylenia Scapin.- References :...
  
   — Judo, women's half heavyweight (72 kg)

• Neisser Bent
  Neisser Bent
  Neisser S. Bent Vázquez is a former international backstroke swimmer from Cuba, who swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics...
  
   — Swimming, men's 100m backstroke

• Alexis Vila
  Alexis Vila
  |-|Loss|align=center|11-1|Eduardo Dantas|Decision |Bellator 59||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States|Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Final|-|Win|align=center|11-0|Marcos Galvão|Decision...
  
   — Wrestling, men's freestyle paperweight (48 kg)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

Men's 4x400m relay

• Omar Meña
  Omar Meña
  Omar Meña Abreu is a retired male sprinter from Cuba. He claimed a total number of two medals at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Meña set his personal best in the men's 400 metres on June 10, 1999 in Havana, Cuba.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  , Jorge Crusellas
  Jorge Crusellas
  Jorge Luis Crusellas Álvarez is a retired male sprinter from Cuba. He claimed a gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Crusellas set his personal best in the men's 400 metres in 1995....
  
  , Georkis Vera and Robert Hernández
  Roberto Hernández (track athlete)
  Roberto Hernández Prendes is a retired Cuban sprints athlete who specialized in the 400 metres.Hernández' personal best for the 400 metres is 44.14 seconds, set in Seville, Spain in May 1990. For many years, this was the fastest time by anyone not from the USA...
  
  
• Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

• Jaime Jefferson
  Jaime Jefferson
  Jaime Jefferson is a retired long jumper who represented Cuba. Best known for his World Indoor Championships medals, he has also won the Pan American Games twice as well as other regional games....
  
  
• Qualification — 7.65m (→ did not advance)

Men's decathlon

• Eugenio Balanque
  Eugenio Balanqué
  Eugenio Balanqué Llópiz is a retired Cuban decathlete. He won the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games and took silver medals at the 1991 Pan American Games, the 1995 Pan American Games and the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games. He also participated at the 1996 and 2000 Summer...
  
  
• Final result — 7873 points (→ 25th place)

• Raul Duany
  Raúl Duany
  Raúl Bueno Duany is a Cuban decathlete, who holds the current Cuban record. After retiring he joined the coaching staff of the Cuban national athletics team.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• Final result — 7802 points (→ 26th place)

Men's discus throw

• Alexis Elizalde
  Alexis Elizalde
  Alexis Elizalde Estévez is a retired Cuban discus thrower. His personal best throw is 65.00 metres, which he achieved in August 1998 at the Central American and Caribbean Games.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• Qualification — 62.22m
• Final — 62.70m (→ 9th place)

• Roberto Moya
  Roberto Moya
  Roberto Saturnino Moya Sandoval is a Cuban athlete who mainly competed in discus throw.He was born in Havana, Ciudad de la Habana. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in this event, and his personal best is 65.68....
  
  
• Qualification — 59.22m (→ did not advance)

Men's hammer throw

• Alberto Sánchez
• Qualification — 74.82m (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400 metres relay

• Idalmis Bonne
  Idalmis Bonne
  Idalmis Bonne Rousseaux is a retired female sprinter from Cuba. She claimed a gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Bonne competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992.Bonne gave birth to a daughter, Daisurami Bonne, at the...
  
  , Julia Duporty
  Julia Duporty
  Esther Julia Duporty Torres is a retired female sprinter from Cuba, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992...
  
  , Surella Morales and Ana Fidelia Quirot
  Ana Fidelia Quirot
  Ana Fidelia Quirot is a female athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m....
  
  
• Qualification — 3:24.23
• Final — 3:25.85 (→ 6th place)

Women's long jump

• Regla Cardenas
  Regla Cárdenas
  Regla María Cárdeñas Telo is a retired Cuban heptathlete.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 6.85m (→ did not advance)

• Lisette Cuza
• Qualification — 6.56m (→ did not advance)

• Niurka Montalvo
  Niurka Montalvo
  Niurka Montalvo Amaro is a former Cuban and Spanish athlete who specialised in the long jump and triple jump events. Her greatest achievement came in 1999, when she became world champion with a personal best jump of 7.06 metres...
  
  
• Qualification — 6.48m (→ did not advance)

Women's high jump

• Ioamnet Quintero
  Ioamnet Quintero
  Ioamnet Quintero Alvarez is a former high jumper from Cuba who won the bronze medal in the women's high jump contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and also competed at the 1996 nad 2000 games. She won a gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics.-External links:...
  
  
• Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Women's triple jump

• Yamile Aldama
  Yamilé Aldama
  Yamilé Aldama Pozo is a Cuban-born triple jumper currently competing for Great Britain after formerly representing Cuba and Sudan.Aldama was born in Havana, Cuba, and initially represented her country of birth...
  
  
• Qualification — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's javelin throw

• Isel Lopez
  Isel López
  Isel López Rodríguez is a retired female javelin thrower from Cuba. Her personal best throw is 61.66 metres, which he achieved in May 1999 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 61.40m
• Final — 64.68m (→ 4th place)

• Xiomara Rivero
  Xiomara Rivero
  Xiomara Rivero Azcuy is a retired female athlete from Cuba who competed in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw is 65.29 metres from March 2001.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 61.32m
• Final — 64.48m (→ 5th place)

• Odelmys Palma
• Qualification — 62.30m
• Final — 59.70m (→ 11th place)

Women's discus throw

• Maritza Marten
  Maritza Martén
  Maritza Martén García is a retired female discus thrower from Cuba who competed in the discus contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. She also won the 1987 Pan American Games. Her personal best throw of 70.68m was achieved in 1992.-Achievements:-External reference:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 60.08m (→ did not advance)

• Barbara Hechevarria
• Qualification — 61.98m (→ did not advance)

Women's shot put

• Belsis Laza
• Qualification — 18.61m
• Final — 18.40m (→ 10th place)

• Yumileidis Cumba
• Qualification — 18.55m (→ did not advance)

Women's heptathlon

• Regla Cardenas
  Regla Cárdenas
  Regla María Cárdeñas Telo is a retired Cuban heptathlete.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final result — 6246 points (→ 12th place)

• Magalys García
  Magalys García
  Magalys García Leliebre is a retired Cuban heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
  
• Final result — 6109 points (→ 15th place)

Baseball

Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Baseball had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, with games played at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team. Playoffs were then held,...

Defending gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

list and undefeated team Cuba made its second appearance in the 1996 Olympic baseball tournament. Once again, the Cubans went undefeated, beating all seven of the other teams in the preliminary round. A semifinal victory over Nicaragua

Nicaragua at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Nicaragua competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Athletics:Men's Marathon* William Aguirre — 2:37.02 Women's 5,000 metres*Marta Portoblanco-Men's Team Competition:...

 and a final win against Japan

Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Tadahiro Nomura — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight * Kenzo Nakamura — Judo, Men's Lightweight...

 won Cuba its second gold medal in baseball and improved its Olympic win-loss record to 18-0.

Men's tournament:

• Cuba - Gold medal (9-0)

Women's tournament

• Preliminary round (Group B)
• Lost to United States (84-101)
• Defeated South Korea (70-55)
• Lost to Australia (63-75)
• Lost to Ukraine (75-87)
• Defeated Zaire (73-59)
• Quarterfinals
• Lost to Brazil (69-101)
• Classification matches
• 5th/8th place: Defeated Italy (78-70)
• 5th/6th place: Lost to Russia (74-91) → 6th place
• Team roster
• Yudith Águila
  Yudith Águila
  Yudith Águila Hernández 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 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic....
  
  
• Milayda Enriquez
• Gertrudis Gomez
• Cariola Hechevarria
• Delía Hernandez Henry
• Grisel Herrera
• Biosotis Lagno
• María Leon
• Yamilé Martínez
  Yamilé Martínez
  Yamilé Martínez Calderón 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 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.Martínez also competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer...
  
  
• Tania Seino
• Lisdeivis Víctores
  Lisdeivis Víctores
  Lisdeivis Víctores Pompa 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 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.Víctores also competed for her native country at two consecutive Summer...
  
  
• Olga Vigil
  Olga Vigil
  Olga Lidia Vigil Gómez is a retired female basketball player from Cuba. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics, finishing in fourth and in sixth place with the Women's National Team....
  
  
• Head Coach: Miguel del Rio Lopez

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Yosvani Aguilera
  Yosvani Aguilera
  Yosvany Aguilera Zamora is a boxer from Cuba.He participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics for his native Caribbean country. There he was stopped in the second round of the light-flyweight division by Philippines' eventual runner-up Mansueto Velasco...
  
  
  1. First round — Defeated Stefan Ström
     Stefan Ström
     Stefan Ström is a retired male boxer from Sweden, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the first round of the men's light flyweight division by Cuba's title contender Yosvani Aguilera.-References:*...
     
      (Sweden), referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second round — Lost to Mansueto Velasco
     Mansueto Velasco
     Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco, Jr. is a Filipino boxer from Bago City, Negros Occidental. He competed in the Men's 48 kg category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and took home the silver medal, the Philippines' only medal of the games...
     
      (Philippines), 5-14

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Maikro Romero
  Maikro Romero
  Maikro Romero is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
   → Gold medal
  1. First round — Defeated Eric Morel
     Eric Morel
     Eric Arturo Morel is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association flyweight champion.- Amateur career :...
     
      (United States), 24-12
  2. Second round — Defeated Lernik Papyan
     Lernik Papyan
     Lernik Papyan is a retired boxer from Armenia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lost in the second round of the men's flyweight division to Cuba's eventual gold medalist Maikro Romero.-References:*...
     
      (Armenia), 22-6
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Elias Recaido
     Elias Recaido
     Elias Recaido 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 division by Cuba's eventual gold medalist Maikro Romero . He won a bronze medal at the 1990...
     
      (Philippines), 18-3
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Albert Pakeyev
     Albert Pakeyev
     Albert Aleksandrovich Pakeyev, or Albert Pakeev, is a boxer from Russia who won the bronze medal in the Men's Flyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
     
      (Russia), 12-6
  5. Final — Defeated Bulat Jumadilov
     Bulat Jumadilov
     Bulat Jumadilov is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Men's Flyweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. Four years earlier at the 1996 Summer Olympics he also captured the silver medal...
     
      (Kazakhstan), 12-11

Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Arnaldo Mesa
  Arnaldo Mesa
  Arnaldo Mesa Bonell is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final of the Bantamweight division he was defeated by Hungary's István Kovács...
  
   → Silver medal
  1. First round — Defeated John Larbi
     John Larbi
     John Hamed Larbi is a boxer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Bantamweight division at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark....
     
      (Sweden), 19-5
  2. Second round — Defeated Zahir Raheem
     Zahir Raheem
     Zahir Raheem is an American boxer. Known as "Z-Man", his current professional record stands at 30 wins, 3 losses with 17 knockouts....
     
      (United States), referee stopped contest in first round
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Rachid Bouaita
     Rachid Bouaita
     Rachid Bouaita 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 defeated by Cuba's eventual silver medalist Arnaldo Mesa.-References:*...
     
      (France), 15-8
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Raimkul Malakhbekov
     Raimkul Malakhbekov
     Raimkul Khudoynazarovich Malakhbekov is one of highest titled boxers of Russia, who won two Olympic medals in the Men's Bantamweight category.- Biography :...
     
      (Russia), 14-14, referee decision
  5. Final — Lost to István Kovács
     István Kovács
     István Kovács , nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra is a retired Hungarian boxer. As an amateur he won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships...
     
      (Hungary), 7-14

Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Lorenzo Aragón
  1. First round — Defeated Noureddine Magjhound (Algeria), 9-6
  2. Second round — Defeated Rogelio de Brito (Brazil), 16-6
  3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
     Floyd Mayweather Jr.
     Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he has won seven world titles, as well as the lineal championship in three different weight classes...
     
      (United States), 11-12

Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Julio González Valladares
  1. First round — Defeated Romeo Brin (Philippines), 24-13
  2. Second round — Lost to Koba Gogoladze
     Koba Gogoladze
     Koba Gogoladze is a professional boxer from Georgia. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics as a lightweight, losing on points in the quarterfinals to Leonard Doroftei.-Olympic career:...
     
      (Georgia), 9-14

Men's light welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Héctor Vinent
  Héctor Vinent
  Héctor Vinent Cháron was a Cuban boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.-External links:**...
  
   → Gold medal
  1. First round — Defeated Hyung-Min Han (South Korea), referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second round — Defeated Nurhan Suleymanoglu
     Nurhan Süleymanoglu
     Nurhan Süleymanoğlu is a boxer from Turkey.Participating at the 1996 Summer Olympics, he was stopped in the second round of the light welterweight division by Cuba's Héctor Vinent....
     
      (Turkey), 23-1
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Eduard Zakharov
     Eduard Zakharov
     Eduard Fyodorovich Zakharov was a male boxer from Russia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's light-welterweight division by Cuba's eventual gold medalist Héctor Vinent. Zakharov was murdered in...
     
      (Russia), 15-7
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Bolat Niyazymbetov
     Bolat Niyazymbetov
     Bolat Niyazymbetov is a Kazakhstani Light Welterweight boxer. He won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:* Defeated Carlos Martínez 25-3* Defeated Davis Mwale 11-3...
     
      (Kazakhstan), 23-6
  5. Final — Defeated Oktay Urkal
     Oktay Urkal
     Oktay Urkal is a Turkish-German former professional welterweight.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Urkal won the silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
     
      (Germany), 20-13

Men's welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Juan Hernández Sierra
  Juan Hernández Sierra
  Juan Hernández Sierra is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight...
  
   → Silver medal
  1. First round — Defeated Jazcef Nagy (Hungary), referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second round — Defeated Vadim Mezga (Belarus), 12-2
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Nurzhan Smanov
     Nurzhan Smanov
     Nurzhan Smanov is a retired boxer from Kazakhstan, who competed for his native country in the Men's Welterweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was defeated in the qaurterfinals by Cuba's eventual silver medalist Juan Hernández Sierra.-References:*...
     
      (Kazakhstan), 16-8
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Marian Simion
     Marian Simion
     Marian Simion is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal...
     
      (Romania), 20-7
  5. Final — Lost to Oleg Saitov
     Oleg Saitov
     Oleg Elekpayevich Saitov is a Russian boxer. He studied journalism in Ryazan, a city of approximately one million people south of Moscow.He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division, and bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics. He was the winner of the...
     
      (Russia), 9-14

Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Alfredo Duvergel
  Alfredo Duvergel
  Alfredo Duvergel is a Cuban boxer. He won the silver medal in the men's light middleweight category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-Career:...
  
   → Silver medal
  1. First round — Defeated Jozef Gilewski (Poland), 10-2
  2. Second round — Defeated Serguei Gorodnychov (Ukraine), 15-2
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Antonio Perugino (Italy), 15-8
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Yermakhan Ibraimov
     Yermakhan Ibraimov
     Yermakhan Ibraimov is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. Four years earlier, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he captured the bronze medal...
     
      (Kazakhstan), 28-19
  5. Final — Lost to David Reid
     David Reid (boxer)
     David Terrell Reid is a former boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Amateur career:Reid had a stellar amateur boxing career, culminating with a come-from-behind, one-punch knock out win to secure a gold medal at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
     
      (United States), knock-out in third round

Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Ariel Hernández → Gold medal
  1. First round — Defeated Salim Kbary (Egypt), 11-2
  2. Second round — Defeated Sven Ottke
     Sven Ottke
     Sven Ottke, known as "The Phantom", is a German former professional boxer who was the IBF/WBA super middleweight champion...
     
      (Germany), 5-0
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 15-8
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Rhoshii Wells
     Rhoshii Wells
     Rhoshii Wells was an American boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight Division at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
     
      (United States), 17-8
  5. Final — Defeated Malik Beyleroğlu
     Malik Beyleroglu
     Malik Beyleroğlu is a former amateur boxer from Turkey. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's middleweight division...
     
      (Turkey), 11-3

Men's light heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Freddy Rojas
  1. First round — Defeated Mahmoud Kalifa (Egypt), 20-9
  2. Second round — Lost to Lee Seung-Bao (South Korea), 9-13

Men's heavyweight (91 kg)

• Félix Savón
  Félix Savón
  Félix Savón Fabre is a Cuban heavyweight boxer, a winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Savón is considered a legend in amateur boxing and has won six world titles....
  
   → Gold medal
  1. First round — Defeated Andrei Kumyaavka (Kyrgyzstan), 9-3
  2. Second round — Defeated Kwamena Turkson
     Kwamena Turkson
     Papa Kwamena Andze Turkson is a retired male boxer from Sweden.Turkson competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's heavyweight division by Cuba's defending champion and later gold medalist Félix Savón after...
     
      (Sweden), knock-out in first round
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Georgi Kandelaki
     Georgi Kandelaki
     Georgi Kandelaki is a former boxer and current boxing administrator...
     
      (Georgia), 20-4
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Luan Krasniqi
     Luan Krasniqi
     Luan Krasniqi is a professional German boxer of Kosovo Albanian descent.On April, 2006, he was ranked #2 by the WBO, coming before other heavyweight contenders such as Lamon Brewster, Shannon Briggs, and Ruslan Chagaev....
     
      (Germany), walkover
  5. Final — Defeated David Defiagbon
     David Defiagbon
     David Dejiro Defiagbon was a Nigerian boxer. Nicknamed "The Dream", Defiagbon fought for Canada and won the heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Amateur:...
     
      (Canada), 20-2

Men's super heavyweight (> 91 kg)

• Alexis Rubalcaba
  Alexis Rubalcaba
  Alexis Rubalcaba 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 and 2000. One of his biggest achievements in amateur boxing was winning the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg,...
  
  
  1. First round — Bye
  2. Second round — Defeated Paolo Vidoz
     Paolo Vidoz
     Paolo Vidoz is a boxer from Italy, who won the Olympic bronze medal, twice won the bronze medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships: 1997 and 1999 and also won a silver medal at the European Championships....
     
      (Italy), referee stopped contest in first round
  3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 12-17

Cycling

Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There were three categories of events – road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking...

Women's individual road race

• Dania Perez
• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Judo

Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...

Men's extra-lightweight

• Manolo Poulot
  Manolo Poulot
  Manolo Poulot Ramos is a Cuban judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the Men's Extra Lightweight category, together with Aidyn Smagulov.-References:*...
  
  

Men's half-lightweight

• Israel Hernández
  Israel Hernández
  Israel Hernández Planas is a Cuban judoka. At the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics he won bronze medals in the men's Half Lightweight category.-References:...
  
  

Men's middleweight

• Yosvany Despaigne
  Yosvany Despaigne
  Yosvany Oreidis Despaigne Terry is a male judoka from Cuba, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight division at the Pan American Games ....
  
  

Men's half-heavyweight

• Angel Sánchez

Men's heavyweight

• Frank Moreno
  Frank Moreno
  Frank Esteban Moreno García is a retired Cuban judoka, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics. He won several medals during his career at the Pan American Games in the Men's Heavyweight division.-References:*...
  
  

Women's extra-lightweight

• Amarilys Savón

Women's half-lightweight

• Legna Verdecia
  Legna Verdecia
  Legna Verdecia Rodríguez is a Cuban judoka who won Olympic medals in 1996 and 2000.-References:*...
  
  

Women's lightweight

• Driulys González

Women's half-middleweight

• Ileana Beltrán
  Ileana Beltrán
  Ileana Benita Beltrán Zulueta is a retired female judoka from Cuba. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics in in the Women's Half-Middleweight division: 1992 and 1996. Beltrán twice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games during her career.-References:*...
  
  

Women's middleweight

• Odalis Revé
  Odalis Revé
  Odalis Revé Jiménez is a retired Cuban judoka. At the 1992 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal in the Women's Middleweight category.-References:**...
  
  

Women's half-heavyweight

• Diadenys Luña

Women's heavyweight

• Estela Rodríguez
  Estela Rodríguez
  Estela Rodríguez Villanueva is a retired Cuban judoka. She won silver medals at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, both in the Half Heavyweight category.-References:*...
  
  

Swimming

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

Men's 100m backstroke

• Rodolfo Falcón
  Rodolfo Falcon
  Rodolfo A. Falcón Cabrera is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Cuba, and has been called the country's best swimmer ever. Since 2006, he has been the country's National Commissioner for swimming....
  
  
  1. Heat — 55.29
  2. Final — 54.98 (→ Silver medal)

• Neisser Bent
  Neisser Bent
  Neisser S. Bent Vázquez is a former international backstroke swimmer from Cuba, who swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics...
  
  
  1. Heat — 54.83
  2. Final — 55.02 (→ Bronze medal)

Men's 200m backstroke

• Rodolfo Falcón
  Rodolfo Falcon
  Rodolfo A. Falcón Cabrera is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Cuba, and has been called the country's best swimmer ever. Since 2006, he has been the country's National Commissioner for swimming....
  
  
  1. Heat — 2:01.20
  2. Final — 2:08.14 (→ 8th place)

• Neisser Bent
  Neisser Bent
  Neisser S. Bent Vázquez is a former international backstroke swimmer from Cuba, who swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics...
  
  
  1. Heat — 2:04.23 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100m breaststroke

• Mario González
  Mario González (swimmer)
  Mario González Montesinos is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Cuba, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992...
  
  
  1. Heat — 1:03.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m breaststroke

• Mario González
  Mario González (swimmer)
  Mario González Montesinos is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Cuba, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992...
  
  
  1. Heat — 2:16.15
  2. B final — 2:15.11 (→ 10th place)

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
• Fredy Brooks
• Joel Despaigne
  Joel Despaigne
  Joel Charles Despaigne a retired volleyball player from Cuba, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics: the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta .Despaigne, also known by his nickname El Diablo, has 350 caps in the Cuban national...
  
  
• Raúl Diago
  Raúl Diago
  Raúl Diago Izquierdo is a retired volleyball player from Cuba. A three-time Olympian he was honoured Best Setter at the 1998 FIVB Men's World Championship in Japan, where Cuba finished in third place....
  
  
• Jhosvany Hernández
• Osvaldo Hernández
  Osvaldo Hernández
  Osvaldo Hernández is an Italian volleyball player originally from Cuba.In Italy, he won the scudetto in 2000 with Piaggio Roma. With Cuba national team, he won a World League in 1998. He has played for Cuba in the Olympic Games from 1992 to 2000.-External links:*...
  
  
• Lazaro Martín
• Alain Roca
  Alain Roca
  Alain Roca Borrero is a volleyball player from Cuba. A two-time Olympian , he was honoured Best Setter at the 2001 Volleyball America's Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Cuba finished in second place.Currently playing on SKY / Pinheiros -Honours:* 1996 FIVB World League — 4th place* 1996...
  
  
• Rodolfo Sanchez
• Ricardo Vantes
• Nicolas Vives

Men's beach tournament

• Francisco Alvarez
  Francisco Alvarez (volleyball)
  Francisco Álvarez Cutiño 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, partnering Juan Rossell. He represented his native country at the 1996 and the 2004 Summer...
  
   and Juan Rossell
  Juan Rossell
  Juan Miguel Rossell Milanes 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, partnering Francisco Alvarez. He represented his native country at the 1996 and the 2004 Summer...
  
   — 7th place overall

Women's indoor tournament

• Team roster
• Taismary Agüero
  Taismary Agüero
  Taismary Agüero Leiva Botteghi is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player.-Life:Born in Yaguajay in the province of Sancti Spiritus, when 8 year old she began to play volleyball; two years later she entered in the Cerro Pelado Training Center in Havana. In 1993 she won the junior women's...
  
  
• Regla Bell
  Regla Bell
  Regla Maritza Bell MacKenzie is female volleyball player from Cuba who won three times the gold medal at the Olympic Games from 1992–2000, and the World Championship in 1998 with the Cuban national team....
  
  
• Magalys Carvajal
• Marlenys Costa
• Ana Fernández
  Ana Fernández
  Ana Ivis Fernández Valle is a Cuban volleyball player, and three times Olympic Champion as a member of the Cuban winning team in 1992, 1996 and 2000.-Individual awards:* 1998 World Championship "Best Spiker"-References:...
  
  
• Mirka Francia
  Mirka Francia
  Mirka Francia Vasconcelos is a Cuban-Italian volleyball player who has won two Olympic gold medals with the Cuba women's national volleyball team...
  
  
• Idalmis Gato
  Idalmis Gato
  Idalmis Gato is a Cuban volleyball player world champion and Olympic champion. She was a member of the Cuban winning team at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic games.She became world champion in 1994.-References:...
  
  
• Lilia Izquierdo
  Lilia Izquierdo
  Lilia Izquierdo Aguirre is a former female volleyball player from Cuba, who won three golden medals in a row at the Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996 and 2000.-References:*...
  
  
• Mireya Luis
  Mireya Luis
  Alejandrina Mireya Luis Hernández, often referred to as Mireya is a retired Cuban volleyball player....
  
  
• Raisa O'Farril
• Yumilka Ruíz
  Yumilka Ruiz
  Yumilka Ruíz Luaces 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 1996 and 2000; she also claimed the bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.She...
  
  
• Regla Torres
  Regla Torres
  Regla Torres Herrera 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

Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of ten weight classes, for men only. The range of each weight class was adjusted by 1–4 kg for these Games, marking the first redefinition of Olympic weightlifting weight classes since they were introduced in...

Men's bantamweight

• William Vargas
  William Vargas
  William Vargas Trujillo is a retired male weightlifter from Cuba. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and thrice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games: in 1991, 1995 and 1999.-References:*...
  
  

Men's lightweight

• Idalberto Aranda
  Idalberto Aranda
  Idalberto Aranda Quintero is a retired male weightlifter from Cuba. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics , and twice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games . He set one middleweight clean and jerk world record in 1999.-References:*...
  
  

Men's middleweight

• Pablo Lara
  Pablo Lara
  Pablo Lara Rodríguez is a Cuban weightlifter.He won a gold medal in the middleweight class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.- References :...
  
  

Men's middle-heavyweight

• Carlos Alexis Hernández
  Carlos Alexis Hernández
  Carlos Alexis Hernández Calderón is a retired male weightlifter from Cuba. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in sixth place in the overall-rankings of the men's middle-heavyweight division. He twice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games: 1995 and...
  
  
• Enrique Sabari
  Enrique Sabari
  Enrique U. Sabari Gaytén is a retired male weightlifter from Cuba. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in 12th place in the overall-rankings of the men's middle-heavyweight division...
  
  

Wrestling

Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. The freestyle category was notable as it featured the gold medal performance of Kurt Angle, who later became a notable professional wrestler.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal...

Men's light-flyweight, Greco-Roman

• Wilber Sánchez Amita

Men's flyweight, Greco-Roman

• Lázaro Rivas

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
  Filiberto Azcuy Aguilera is a Cuban wrestler who has won two Olympic gold medals.-References:*...
  
  

Men's light-heavyweight, Greco-Roman

• Reynaldo Peña

Men's heavyweight, Greco-Roman

• Héctor Milián

Men's light-flyweight, freestyle

• Alexis Vila
  Alexis Vila
  |-|Loss|align=center|11-1|Eduardo Dantas|Decision |Bellator 59||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States|Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Final|-|Win|align=center|11-0|Marcos Galvão|Decision...
  
  

Men's flyweight, freestyle

• Carlos Varela González

Men's bantamweight, freestyle

• Alejandro Puerto
  Alejandro Puerto
  Alejandro Puerto Díaz is a retired male wrestler from Cuba and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling....
  
  

Men's lightweight, freestyle

• Yosvany Sánchez

Men's welterweight, freestyle

• Alberto Rodríguez Hernández

Men's middleweight, freestyle

• Ariel Ramos
  Ariel Ramos
  Ariel Ramos Wilson 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 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  

Men's heavyweight, freestyle

• Wilfredo Morales