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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