Leonardo Díaz (parathlete)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Leonardo Díaz Aldana |
Born | Bayamo, Cuba | 16 February 1975
Sport | |
Country | Cuba |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | F56 Shot put F56 Discus F56 Javelin |
Club | ACLIFIM |
Medal record |
Leonardo Díaz Aldana[a] (born 16 February 1975) is a Cuban Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category F56 throwing events.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Leonardo has competed in the shot, discus and javelin in three consecutive Paralympics. In his first in Athens in 2004 he failed to finish in the medal positions. On returning four years later to Beijing he won the gold medal in the F55/56 category discus, a feat he replicated in London in 2012.
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Aldana.
References
[edit]- ^ Paralímpicos de Londres´12: Ascienden a 23 los clasificados cubanos Archived 2013-01-05 at archive.today 07 de Junio de 2012 "Leonardo Díaz"
- ^ "Diaz Aldana, Leonardo Felipe". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
External links
[edit]- Leonardo Diaz Aldana at the International Paralympic Committee
- Leonardo Diaz Aldana at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Paralympic athletes for Cuba
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Cuba
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Cuba
- World record holders in para-athletics
- Cuban male discus throwers
- Cuban male javelin throwers
- Cuban male shot putters
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Para Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- People from Bayamo
- Sportspeople from Granma Province
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