Yunidis Castillo
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Yunidis Castillo (born 6 June 1987) is a Paralympic athlete from Cuba competing mainly in category T46 sprint events.[1]
She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished thirteenth in the women's Long jump - F44-46 event. She also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's 100 metres - T46 event and a gold medal in the women's 200 metres - T46 event.
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she won gold medal in the women's 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres T46[2] events setting new world record in all of them.
She lost her right arm in a car accident at the age of 10.[3]
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External links
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- Yunidis Castillo at the International Paralympic Committee
- Yunidis Castillo at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Yunidis Castillo, the New Face of Cuban Disabled Sports by José Luis López, 14 September 2012.
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Cuban women sprinters
- Cuban women long jumpers
- Cuban amputees
- 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 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Cuba
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- World record holders in para-athletics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- 21st-century Cuban sportswomen
- Parapan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Parapan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Cuban athletics biography stubs
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