Yunidis Castillo
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| Nickname(s) | The Bullet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yunidis Castillo is a Paralympic athlete from Cuba competing mainly in category T46 sprint events.
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[1] events setting new world record in all of them.
She lost her right arm in a car accident at the age of 10.[2]
References
- ↑ http://caribbean-beat.com/issue-116/they-are-olympians-too
- ↑ José Luis López (September 14, 2012). "Yunidis Castillo, the New Face of Cuban Disabled Sports". Retrieved November 11, 2012.
External links
- Yunidis Castillo's profile on paralympic.org
- Yunidis Castillo, the New Face of Cuban Disabled Sports by José Luis López, 2012-09-14.