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Like Park Chung-hee (Asia / South Korea: 1962-79) and Idi Amin Dada (Africa / Uganda: 1971-79), Fidel Castro is a sports fanatic and enjoys watching all kinds of Olympic sports. Fidel Castro has visited the training grounds of the national team, the sports schools, the National School Games and has spent time with the student-athletes and Olympic players. Since 1990, the Cuban dictatorship has spent more than $ 80 million a year on Olympic sport. However, Cuba is not an Olympic paradise. The modern sports history of Cuba has been marked by sports defections.

Each dictatorship has its own style. Leonidas Rafael Trujillo had one: Dominican music. Francois Duvalier had one: Haitian culture. Kim Jong Il has one: cinematography. He likes movies like “Gone with the Wind”, a famous American movie. The North Korean dictator wrote an essay “On the Art of Cinema.”

Idi Amin Dada’s regime was known for torturing political prisoners, prohibiting dissent and freedom of expression. Under the dictatorship of Idi Amin Dada, some 350,000 people died. But he loves Olympic sports like Fidel Castro Ruz. During the 1970s he had become an open champion of the sport in the Third World. I recalled that the Uganda team won two gold, four silver and three bronze medals during the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand in 1974. Overall, the Uganda team ranked 10th, before Wales, Trinidad Tobago, Tanzania and Jamaica.

Fidel Castro once said: “What has Cuba’s role been in the Olympic Games? What has it achieved? What has been the fruit of our efforts to promote healthy and clean sports? At the 1972 Olympic Games, we ended up in 14th out of 122 countries. In Montreal 1976 Olympics – Juantorena remembers it well, and so do we – we were 8th out of 88 participating countries. In 1980, in Moscow we were 4th out of 81 countries, in 1992, in Spain we were 5th out of 169 countries and in Atlanta in 1996 we finished 8th out of 197 countries. Could anyone reject these figures? ”But under one of the world’s oldest surviving dictatorships, sport has become a useful way for women and men to access freedom.

Certainly, Cuban sport is a story of frustration and miracles. The Cuban government reacted in disbelief when Roberto Urrutia, a weightlifter, unexpectedly announced his decision to seek asylum in the United States in 1980. At the age of 14 Urrutia made weightlifting a high priority and ten months later he set national records. Urrutia entered the 1975 Pan American Championship at the age of 18 and won gold medals for Cuba. In December, in Matanzas, he became the first Latin American weightlifter to set a world record. In 1976 he finally realized his dream of competing in the Olympics. Like Alberto Juantorena (track and field), Teófilo Stevenson (boxing) and Mireya Luis Hernández (volleyball), Roberto Urrutia Hernández, former member of the Communist Youth Union, was a symbol of the Cuban Revolution. Roberto, born on December 12, 1956, in Havana, won 3 gold medals at the 1978 World Weightlifting Championships and ended the Soviet dominance of the world year in international weightlifting. Certainly, he was chosen Hero of the Year by Prensa Latina. Before the Moscow Olympics, Roberto Urrutia defected to the United States via Mexico.

In recent years, we have seen a series of events: Taimaris Agüero, a player, came to seek freedom in Italy; Odelin Molina, a prominent footballer from Havana, sought political asylum in the United States; and Dulce Tellez, an athlete, arrived in San Juan de Puerto Rico.

Agüero, who at 1.77 years old was considered one of the best female athletes in the Americas, at age 16 became the youngest person to be a member of the Cuban National Team. During the 1993 World Junior Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Agüero finished first in the competition for the best point guard. When Tanya Ortyz, an usher from 1987 to 1995, announced her intention to retire in late 1995, Agüero was considered a leading candidate for the position. Therefore, she was the key woman when Cuba finished first in the 1998 World Championship. In 2000 Agüero helped the Cuban team to victory in the Olympic Games. If she is not the best point guard of all time, she is without a doubt the most famous in the history of volleyball. Today Taimaris Agüero is one of the most remembered and loved athletes by Cubans. Behind baseball, volleyball is the most popular sport in Cuba.

Dulce Tellez was named best player at the 2006 Pan American Championship in Puerto Rico. Under his leadership Cuba won the bronze medal in volleyball at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He left Cuba in July 2006, three months before the World Championship in Tokyo. Before the 2006 World Championships, Cuba ranked third in the world. Now it ranks seventh. Meanwhile, Odelin Molina, born in August 1974, in Havana, was one of the best Cuban footballers and played the 1991 U-16 World Cup in Italy. In 1995 he defected to the United States, where he now lives.

SPORTS DEFECTIONS

1. Abvin Sánchez, Lazaro-Soccer … 1995 … United States

2. Agüero, Taimaris-Volleyball … 2001 …. Switzerland

3. Aldama, Yamilé-Track and Field … 2003 … United Kingdom

4. Arocha, Rene-Baseball … 1991 … United States

5. Arrojo, Rolando-Baseball … 1996 … United States

6. Barthelemy, Giorbis-Boxing … 1990 … United States

7. White, Enrico-Boxing … 1967 … Canada

8. Bordabehere, Roger-Cycling … 1994 … Venezuela

9. Borrell, Lazaro-Basketball … 1999 … Puerto Rico

10. Brito Ferrer, Michel-Gymnastics …. 2003 … United States

11. Brito, Javier-Volleyball … 2004 … Puerto Rico

12. Caballero, Angel Oscar-Basketball … 1999 … Puerto Rico

13. Cala, Yosleider-Volleyball … 2003 … Puerto Rico

14. Campoalegre, Ramón-Water Polo … 1998 … United States

15. Casamayor, Joel-Boxing …….. 1993 ….. United States

16. Castillo, Ulises-Boxing ………. 1993 ….. United States

17. Contreras, José Ariel-Baseball … 2002 … Nicaragua

18. Chappe, Taimi-Fencing … 2002 … Spain

19. De la Pena, Janerky-Gymnastics … 2003 … United States

20. Delgado, Alberto-Soccer … 2002 … United States

21. Dennis, Angel-Volleyball … 2001 … Belgium

22. Díaz, Juan Carlos-Baseball … 1996 … Dominican Republic

23. Dominguez, Iván-Cycling … 1998 … United States

24. Duquesne, Alfredo-Basketball … 1994 … Canada.

25. Garbey, Ramón-Boxing ………… 1993 ….. United States

26. García, Ives-Swimming … 2001 … Puerto Rico

27. García, Osvaldo Junior-Waterpolo … 1995 … United States

28. García Martínez, Aliet-Soccer … 2000 ….. United States

29. Gato, Ramón-Volleyball … 2001 … Belgium

30. Gilbert, Andres-Basketball …. 1993 … Puerto Rico

31. Gomez, Juan Carlos-Boxing …… 1995 … Germany

32. González, José-Cycling … 1994 … Venezuela

33. Gregory, Elvis-Fencing … 2002 … Portugal

34. Griñan, Fernando-Soccer ……. 1996 …. United States

35. Guillen, Alain-Water Polo … 1998 … United States

36. Guillen, Arnaldo-Water Polo … 1998 … United States

37. Hernández, Adrian-Baseball … 2000 … Dominican Republic

38. Hernandez, Alain-Soccer … 2000 … Costa Rica

39. Hernandez, Ihosvany-Volleyball … 2001 … Belgium

40. Hernandez, Jorge Luis-Volleyball … 2001 … Belgium

41. Hernandez, Livan-Baseball … 1995 … Mexico

42. Hernandez, Odalys-Softball …. 1993 … Puerto Rico

43. Hernández, Orlando-Baseball … 1997 … By boat

44. Herrera, Roberto Carlos-Basketball …. 1999 … Puerto Rico

45. Herrera, Ruperto-Basketball … 1994 … Canada

46. ​​Hurtado, Diobelys-Boxing … 1995 … United States

47. Ibañez, Ciro-Weightlifting … 1986 …. United States

48. Juncosa, Abel-Shooting …. 1999 …. Canada

49. Lapera, Ulises-Field Hockey … 1999 … Canada

50. León Tamayo, Charles-Gymnastics … 2003 … United States

51. Marshall, Leonel-Volleyball … 2001 … Belgium

52. Martinez, Juan Carlos-Waterpolo … 1993 … United States

53. Martinez, Rey-Soccer … 2002 … United States

54. Matienzo, Richard-Basketball …. 1994 … Canada

55. Miranda, Arturo-Diving … 1995 … Canada

56. Montalvo, Niurka-Track and Field … 1997 … Greece

57. Muñoz, Daimara-Swimming … 1998 … Puerto Rico

58. Nuñez, Jesús-Cycling … 1998 … Venezuela

59. Nunez, Vladimir-Baseball … 1995 … Venezuela

60. Ortega, William-Baseball … 1996 … Mexico.

61. Pérez, Angel-Kayak … 1993 … United States

62. Pérez, José-Track and Field … 1997 … Puerto Rico

63. Piedra, Armando-Water Polo … 1995 … United States

64. Pino, Héctor-Basketball … 1999 … Puerto Rico

65. Ramírez, Rio-Diving … 1993 … Puerto Rico

66. Rodríguez, Heriberto-Cycling … 1998 … Venezuela

67. Rodríguez Osorio, Gunther-Swimming … 2003 … Puerto Rico

68. Romero Mayeta, Laseer-Volleyball … 2001 … Belgium

69. Rosales, Nubis-Swimming … 1998 … Puerto Rico

70. Salas, Maikel-Volleyball … 2004 … Puerto Rico

71. Sánchez, Alex-Baseball … 1994 … By boat

72. Sánchez, Alexis-Track and Field … 1998 …. Puerto Rico

73. Toca, Jorge Luis-Baseball … 1998 … By boat

74. Trevejo, Iván-Fencing … 2002 … Portugal

75. Urrutia, Roberto-Weightlifting …. 1980 …. Mexico

76. Valdés, Tatiana-Kayak … 1994 … United States

77. Vázquez, Juan-Basketball …. 1999 …. Canada

78. Wilson, Jesús-Wrestling … 1994 … United States

79. Zayas, Daniel-Weightlifting … 1987 … United States

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