Guillermo Varona

Guillermo Varona
Personal information
Birth nameGuillermo Varona González
NationalityCuban
Born (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 29)
Sport
Country Cuba
SportPara-athletics
Event(s)Javelin throw
shot put
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2024 Paris: 1st
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing  Cuba
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Javelin throw F46
World Para Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kobe Javelin throw F46
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Javelin throw F48
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Javelin throw F46

Guillermo Varona González[a] (born 1 August 1995) is a Cuban para-athlete javelin thrower who competes in the F46 category. He is a gold medalist at the 2023 Parapan American Games, 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, and 2024 Summer Paralympics. He has also competed in the shot put.

Career

At the 2019 Parapan American Games, Varona won the gold medal in the F48 category and also competed in the shot put.[1] He then competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where he finished in fourth place in the javelin throw.[2] Varela returned to the Parapan American Games in 2023 Parapan, in the F48 category, winning a gold medal setting a record in the games in the process.[3][1] In May 2024, he won a gold medal in the men's F46 javelin throw event at the World Para Athletics Championship in Kobe, Japan.[4][5] At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he won the gold medal in the javelin throw F46 event.[6]

Personal life

Varona is in a relationship with para taekwondo practitioner Lilisbet Rodriguez and the two have a son.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Varona and the second or maternal family name is González.

References

  1. ^ a b "Guillermo Varona Sets New Parapan American Record in Javelin F46". Santiago 2023. 24 November 2023. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ "F46 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ Americas Paralympic Committee (24 November 2023). "Men's Javelin Throw - F46" (PDF). Para athletics result book. p. 167-169. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  4. ^ "World Para Athletics C'ships: Rinku Finishes Third In Men's F46 Javelin As Sri Lanka Lodge Complaint". Outlook India. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. ^ Newman, Ed (24 May 2024). "Cuba's Guillermo Varona grabs the gold at the Paraathletics World Cup in Kobe". Radio Havana Cuba. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Men's Javelin Throw F46 Final LIVE Updates, Paris Paralympics 2024: Indian Throwers Eye Triple Podium Finish". Outlook India. 4 September 2024.
  7. ^ "VARONA GONZALEZ Guillermo". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 3 September 2024.