Full name Yoandry Iriarte Galvez Weight 79 kg (174 lb) | Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) Sport Fencing | |
Born 6 May 1986 (age 30) ( 1986-05-06 ) | ||
Yoandry Iriarte Galvez (born May 5, 1986) is a Cuban fencer. He competed in the men's sabre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and was eliminated in the first round by world no. 2 Kim Jung-hwan after a 15-7 loss.
He qualified by placing second (out of 14) in the American continental qualifying tournament, despite being ranked 137th worldwide. He was Cuba's only fencer at the Games, and their first Olympic fencer since 2008.
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