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Leonardo Díaz (throwing events)

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Full name
  
Leonardo Díaz Aldana

Country
  
Cuba

Club
  
ACLIFIM

Nationality
  
Cuban

Sport
  
Athletics

Born
  
16 February 1975 (age 42) (
1975-02-16
)
Bayamo, Cuba

Event(s)
  
F56 Shot put F56 Discus F56 Javelin

Leonardo Díaz (born 16 February 1975) is a Paralympian athlete from Cuba competing mainly in category F56 throwing events.

Leonardo has competed in the shot, discus and javelin in three consecutive Paralympics. In his first in Athens in 2004 he failed to finish in the medal positions. On returning four years later to Beijing he won the gold medal in the F55/56 category discus, a feat he replicated in London in 2012.

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