Yunidis Castillo

Yunidis Castillo

Personal information
Nickname(s) The Bullet
Sport
Country Cuba
Sport Running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Cuba
Paralympic Games
2008 Beijing 100m - T46
2008 Beijing 200m - T46
2012 London 100m - T46
2012 London 200m - T46
2012 London 400m - T46
2016 Rio de Janeiro Long Jump - T47
IPC World Championships
2011 Christchurch 100m - T46
2011 Christchurch 200m - T46
2011 Christchurch 400m - T46
2013 Lyon 100m - T46
2013 Lyon 200m - T46
2013 Lyon 400m - T46
2015 Doha T47 200 m
2015 Doha Women's Long Jump F47
2015 Doha T47 400 m
Updated on 26 October 2015.

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Castillo, Yunidis". IPC. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ↑ http://caribbean-beat.com/issue-116/they-are-olympians-too
  3. ↑ José Luis López (14 September 2012). "Yunidis Castillo, the New Face of Cuban Disabled Sports". Retrieved November 11, 2012.


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