Sports

José Modesto Darcourt

El Chiqui

Cuban left-handed pitcher, considered one of the best pitchers of the so-called wrong arm

Manuel Dionisio Díaz Delgado

Cuban Olympic Champion in Saber at the III Olympiad of Saint Louis 1904 He was the second Cuban to proclaim himself Olympic Champion, forming part of that legendary fencing team captained by Ramón Fonst ...

Pedro Damián Pérez Dueñas

Cuban athlete, world record holder in triple jump at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, with a mark of 17

Pedro Orlando Reyes Ponce

Cuban boxer with a degree in History, which is quite an exception since almost all of them graduate in Physical Education

Luis Felipe Díaz

Luis Felipe Díaz, before his death, was a pitching assistant for the Industriales baseball team

Pedro Jiménez

Natilla

Pedro Natilla Jiménez, Cuban baseball player

Dagoberto Blanco Campaneris

Bert Campaneris, Campy

Native of Pueblo Nuevo, Cuba, the great player Dagoberto Blanco Campaneris arrived in the United States to fulfill his desire to become a star of Anglo-Saxon baseball

Anier Octavio García Ortiz

Born in the city of Santiago de Cuba, Anier Octavio García Ortiz arrived at the Sydney, Australia Games (2000), determined not to respect either names or men and he fulfilled it that way

René Monteagudo Miranda

Pitcher and outfielder who played with the Washington Senators (1938, 1940, 1944) and the Philadelphia Phillies (1945)

Humberto Fernández Pérez

Chico

Major League Baseball shortstop who played eight seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1956), Philadelphia Phillies (1957–1960), Detroit Tigers (1960–1963), and New York Mets (1963)

Yadier Pedroso González

Pedrosito

Cuban baseball player, right-handed pitcher for the teams Habana, Artemisa and the Cuban national team

José Barrientos Schweyer

Pepe Barrientos, relámpago del Caribe

Outstanding athlete

Ana Ibis Jiménez Pérez

Specialist in long jump, 100 and 200 meter dash, disabled athlete, one of the most outstanding athletes of the ANCI in Villa Clara, double Paralympic gold medalist in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 in long ...

Pedro Gómez Martínez

Preston Gómez

Preston was the second Latin American baseball player who officially managed a Major League team, "Preston" Gómez, at the Saint Elizabeth Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Fullerton, a city located ...

Javier Méndez

Javi

Cuban baseball player, member of the Industriales team

Conrado Marrero Ramos

Guajiro de Laberinto, El Premier,

Cuban baseball player, pitcher, known as the "Guajiro de Laberinto" or "El Premier"

Alcadio Martínez

Cuban athlete who stood out as a pitcher for the baseball teams Pinar del Río, Vegueros, and Forestales

Orestes Cuevas Destrade

Orestes Destrade

Destrade has been the only baseball player to occupy the catcher position in the first three years of his debut, which he achieved with the Tokyo Giants in '90, the Hiroshima Carp in '91, and Yakult Swallows ...

Guillermo Pérez Miranda

Willy Miranda

Cuban baseball player who played shortstop

Reynaldo González López

Cuban sports executive, member of the International Olympic Committee

José Manuel Mesa Wert

Mesa

Retired disabled athlete

Luis Manuel Rodríguez

El Feo

He was a master of the ring who made boxing a spectacle of refined technique and science

Braudilio Vinent Serrano

Bayiyo, el Meteoro de la Maya, el Astro del Box

Former Cuban baseball player, known as Bayiyo, the Meteor of La Maya and the Star of Boxing; one of the greats of Cuban and world Baseball, Olympic Champion, World Champion, Central American and Pan American ...

Félix Betancourt Estévez

Panterita oriental

Glory of Cuban boxing in the 1960s, known as the Eastern Pantherita

Fredi Jesús González G

He is the current manager of the Atlanta Braves in Major League Baseball, and was the mentor of the Florida Marlins from 2007 to 2010

Ariel Borrero Alfonso

El remolcador naranja

Born at Central Washington, Manacas, Villa Clara

Miguel Angel Masjuán Salmón

Masjuán

Sports journalist specializing in sports since the beginning of the 1970s

Regino Delgado Robau

He was born on September 7, 1956 in the municipality of Santo Domingo, Villa Clara

Hilarión Ronaldo Veitía Valdivié

Veitia, El gordo Veitía

Retired athlete and coach of Cuban women's judo, considered among the best in the world

Yunieski Gourriel Castillo

Pelotero, eldest son of Lourdes Gourriel Delgado, played for the Sancti Spíritus team from the 2000-2001 season through the 2012-2013 season, as he was transferred to the Industriales team in the National ...

Yurisleydis Lupetey Cobas

La lupe

Cuban judoka in the 57-kilogram category

Hermenegildo García Maturell

Glory of Cuban sports, retired fencer and current coach of the new generations of fencers

Elpidio Mancebo Pérez

Pillín

Considered one of the most important first basemen in Cuban baseball, most baseball fans remember him for his memorable performance at the 1971 World Championship

Jordán Alejandro Díaz Fortún

Cuban triple jumper who set world record with 17

Juan Miguel Echevarría

Juan Miguel began his training at the Sports Initiation School of Camaguey

Ariel Osvaldo Pestano Valdés

El Veterano

Cuban baseball player, catcher

Manrique Larduet Bicet

Outstanding Cuban gymnast

Robeisy Eloy Ramírez Carrazana

Robeisy Ramírez

Robeisy is a left-handed Cuban amateur boxer recognized for winning gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games, as well as the 2011 Pan American Games in the flyweight division

Kendrys Morales Rodríguez

Mo Mo

Excellent baseball player

Arlenis Sierra Cañadilla

Road and track cycling athlete, native of Manzanillo, Granma

Pedro Val Balgueiras

Pedro

Cuban sports coach in Greco-Roman wrestling, known by all wrestling followers as Pedro