Cuba at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Cuba at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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IOC codeCUB
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
5

At the 1996 World Championships, Annia Portuondo became the first Cuban gymnast to win a medal, earning bronze on vault.[1] Five years later at the 2001 World Championships Charles León Tamayo and Erick López would become the first male Cuban gymnasts to win a medal at the World Championships, earning bronze on vault and silver on parallel bars respectively.[2]

During the 2003 World Championships, which took place in Anaheim, California, three Cuban gymnasts defected.[3][4][5] As a result, Cuba opted to stop sending gymnasts to the World Championships or Olympic Games. Cuban gymnasts would later return to these large international competitions, starting with the 2015 World Championships.[6] At this competition Manrique Larduet won two medals, a silver in the all-around and bronze on horizontal bar.[7][8]

Medalists

Medal Name Year Event
 Bronze Annia Portuondo Puerto Rico 1996 San Juan Women's vault
 Bronze Charles León Tamayo Belgium 2001 Ghent Men's vault
 Silver Erick López Men's parallel bars
 Silver Manrique Larduet United Kingdom 2015 Glasgow Men's all-around
 Bronze Manrique Larduet Men's horizontal bar

References

  1. ^ "Portuondo Hatch, Annia". Cubans in America.
  2. ^ "Erick López: El hombre perfecto de los cuatro Panamericanos" [Erick López: The perfect man of the four Pan American Games]. Cubadebate (in Spanish). October 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "OLY - Cuban gymnast decides to defect". ESPN. August 17, 2003.
  4. ^ "Second Gymnast Defects". Los Angeles Times. August 19, 2003.
  5. ^ "Cuban Gymnast Defects". CBS. August 23, 2003.
  6. ^ "Cuban Gymnasts Will Make a Bid For Rio". The Gymternet. November 15, 2014.
  7. ^ "Cuban Manrique Larduet took a surprising, history-making silver at worlds". USA Today. October 30, 2015.
  8. ^ "Cuban gymnast Manrique Larduet secures Rio spot with high bar bronze". USA Today. November 1, 2015.