# Cuba at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Cuba competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consisted of 32 competitors in athletics, judo, powerlifting, swimming, and table tennis. The competitors came from 13 different provinces and were mostly first-year university students.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Luis Manuel Galano | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T13 |
| Gold | Leonardo Diaz | Athletics | Men's discus throw F55-56 |
| Gold | Yunidis Castillo | Athletics | Women's 100 metres T46 |
| Gold | Yunidis Castillo | Athletics | Women's 200 metres T46 |
| Gold | Isao Cruz | Judo | Men's 81 kg |
| Silver | Freddy Durruthy | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T13 |
| Silver | Lazaro Raschid Aguilar | Athletics | Men's 800 metres T12 |
| Silver | Lazaro Raschid Aguilar | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres T13 |
| Bronze | Luis Felipe Gutierrez | Athletics | Men's 100 metres T13 |
| Bronze | Arian Iznaga | Athletics | Men's 200 metres T11 |
| Bronze | Ettiam Calderon | Athletics | Men's 200 metres T46 |
| Bronze | Gerdan Fonseca | Athletics | Men's shot put F44 |
| Bronze | Victor Sanchez | Judo | Men's 66 kg |
| Bronze | Juan Carlos Cortada | Judo | Men's 100 kg |

## Sports
### Athletics
#### Men's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Yuniesky Abreu | T13 | 1500m | 4:15.08 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ernesto Blanco | T46 | 800m | 2:00.05 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ernesto Blanco | T46 | 1500m | 4:20.77 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ettiam Calderon | T46 | 100m | 11.21 | 6 Q | — | — | 11.57 | 8 |
| Ettiam Calderon | T46 | 200m | 22.78 | 4 Q | — | — | 22.42 | |
| Freddy Durruthy | T13 | 200m | 22.45 | 6 q | — | — | 22.51 | 6 |
| Freddy Durruthy | T13 | 400m | 49.92 | 2 Q | — | — | 49.52 | |
| Luis Manuel Galano | T13 | 200m | 22.04 | 3 Q | — | — | 22.00 | 4 |
| Luis Manuel Galano | T13 | 400m | 49.28 PR | 1 Q | — | — | 49.12 PR | |
| Diosmany Gonzalez | T12 | 10000m | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Diosmany Gonzalez | T12 | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:39:41 | 11 |
| Luis Felipe Gutiérrez | T13 | 100m | 11.12 | 3 Q | — | — | 10.98 | |
| Luis Felipe Gutiérrez | T13 | 200m | 22.04 | 3 Q | — | — | 22.31 | 5 |
| Arián Iznaga | T11 | 200m | 22.91 | 1 Q | 22.95 | 3 Q | 22.79 | |
| Arián Iznaga | T11 | 400m | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lazaro Raschid Aguilar | T12 | 800m | 1:56.98 | 4 Q | — | — | 1:52.40 | |
| Lazaro Raschid Aguilar | T13 | 1500m | 4:01.18 | 2 Q | — | — | 4:06.40 | |
| Lazaro Raschid Aguilar | T13 | 5000m | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Felix Rice | T11 | 100m | 11.49 | 5 q | 11.65 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Felix Rice | T11 | 200m | 24.14 | 11 q | 24.64 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Julio Roque | T12 | 100m | 11.19 | 4 q | 11.13 | 4 B | 30.91 | 4 |

#### Men's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Ettiam Calderon | F46 | Long jump | 6.48 SB | - | 4 |
| Leonardo Diaz | F55-56 | Discus throw | 40.87 WR | 1061 | |
| Leonardo Diaz | F55-56 | Javelin throw | 30.70 SB | 842 | 5 |
| Leonardo Diaz | F55-56 | Shot put | 10.10 SB | 870 | 14 |
| Erick Figueredo | F55-56 | Shot put | 8.11 | 716 | 16 |
| Gerdan Fonseca | F44 | Discus throw | 41.26 | 763 | 10 |
| Gerdan Fonseca | F44 | Shot put | 15.65 | 977 | |

#### Women's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Yunidis Castillo | T46 | 100m | 12.22 | 1 Q | — | — | 12.04 WR | |
| Yunidis Castillo | T46 | 200m | 25.35 | 1 Q | — | — | 24.72 WR | |
| Omara Durand | T13 | 100m | 12.65 | 4 Q | — | — | 12.59 | 6 |
| Omara Durand | T13 | 200m | 25.97 | 2 Q | — | — | 25.67 | 4 |
| Omara Durand | T13 | 400m | 59.38 | 6 Q | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Daineris Mijan | T12 | 100m | 12.93 | 5 Q | 12.99 | 8 B | 13.05 | 4 |
| Daineris Mijan | T12 | 200m | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Daineris Mijan | F12 | Long jump | 5.71 | - | 4 |

### Judo
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Juan Carlos Cortada | Men's 100kg | Rollo (FRA) W 1000-0000 | Vlasov (RUS) W 1001-0000 | Sardarov (AZE) L 0000-1000 | — | — | Porter (USA) W 1000-0000 |
| Isao Cruz | Men's 81kg | Bye | Oga (JPN) W 0010-0000 | Lencina (ARG) W 1101-0001 | — | — | Jonard (FRA) W 0010-0000 |
| Jorge Hierrezuelo | Men's 73kg | Kurbanov (RUS) W 1012-0001 | Avila (MEX) L 0000-0020 | — | — | Pourabbas (IRI) W 1011-0000 | Sydorenko (UKR) L H |
| Yargaliny Jiminez | Men's +100kg | Dewall (USA) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sergio Perez | Men's 60kg | — | Rahmati (ALG) L 0010–0100 | — | Borges (URU) W 0200-0000 | Quilter (GBR) L 0000-1000 | Did not advance |
| Victor Sanchez | Men's 66kg | Falcon (VEN) W 1102-0000 | Harris (GBR) W 1001-0000 | Fujimoto (JPN) L H | — | — | Karpeniuk (UKR) W 0120-0000 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Maria Gonzalez | Women's 48kg | Akatsuka (JPN) W 1000–0000 | Medjeded (FRA) W 0002-0000 | Cardoso (BRA) L 0001-0002 | — | — | Brussig (GER) L 0000-1000 |

### Powerlifting

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Luis Perea | 67.5kg | 180.0 | 7 |
| Cesar Rubio | 52kg | 135.0 | 10 |

### Swimming
#### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Adonis Leon | S11 | 100m butterfly | 1:24.50 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adonis Leon | SB11 | 100m breaststroke | 1:22.40 | 8 Q | 1:22.74 | 8 |

### Table tennis
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Yunier Fernandez | Men's singles C1 | Cho J K (KOR) L 2–3 | Vevera (AUT) L 0–3 | Kilger (GER) W 3–0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Isvel Trujillo | Men's singles C1 | Lee H K (KOR) L 0-3 | Ducay (FRA) L 0-3 | Nikelis (GER) L 0-3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Erich Manso | Men's singles C9-10 | de la Bourdonnaye (FRA) L 0-3 | Lukyanov (RUS) L 1-3 | — | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yunier Fernandez Isvel Trujillo | Men's team C1-2 | — | — | — | — | Slovakia (SVK) L 0-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Yanelis Silva | Women's singles C3 | Li Q (CHN) L 0–3 | Choi H J (KOR) L 0–3 | Reynolds (IRL) W 3–2 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |