Carlos Fandiño
Carlos Fandiño (born 10 June 1969) is a retired Cuban shot putter. He won the silver medal at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships, the gold medal at the 1988 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (as well as a discus bronze), the gold medal at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships, and the silver medal at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games and finished sixth at the 1994 World Cup. He also competed at the 1988 World Junior Championships without reaching the final. He became Cuban champion in 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1998 in between the dominance Jorge Montenegro and Alexis Paumier (with Yosvany Obregón winning in 1996). His personal best put was 20.03 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.
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Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Gua ...
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Yosvany Obregón
Yosvany Obregón (born 21 June 1972) is a retired Cuban shot putter. He won the bronze medal at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships, finished seventh at the 1994 Ibero-American Championships, won the silver medal at the 1995 Central American and Caribbean Championships, finished fourth at the 1996 Ibero-American Championships, won the bronze medal at the 1997 Central American and Caribbean Championships, and the silver medal at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games. He became Cuban champion in 1996, breaking the winning streak of Carlos Fandiño. His personal best put was 19.82 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

Competitors At The 1993 Central American And Caribbean Games
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Central American And Caribbean Games Medalists In Athletics
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Cuban Male Shot Putters
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1969 Births
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Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba
''The World Factbook''. Central Intelligence Agency. The city has a population of 2.3million inhabitants, and it spans a total of – making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies, fourth largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The city of Havana was founded by the Spanish Empire, Spanish in the 16th century, it served as a springboard for the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish conquest of the Americas becoming a stopping point for Spanish galleons returning to Spain. ...
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Alexis Paumier
Alexis Paumier Frómeta (born 21 January 1975 in Baracoa, Guantánamo) is a Cuban shot putter. His personal best throw is 20.78 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Havana. Career He won the silver medals at the 2001 and 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games. He also competed at the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2008 without reaching the final. Personal best *Shot put: 20.78 m – La Habana, 29 July 2000 *Discus throw: 53.80 – La Habana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

Shot Put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's competition began in 1948. History Homer mentions competitions of rock throwing by soldiers during the Siege of Troy but there is no record of any dead weights being thrown in Greek competitions. The first evidence for stone- or weight-throwing events were in the Scottish Highlands, and date back to approximately the first century. In the 16th century King Henry VIII was noted for his prowess in court competitions of weight and hammer throwing. The first events resembling the modern shot put likely occurred in the Middle Ages when soldiers held competitions in which they hurled cannonballs. Shot put competitions were first recorded in early 19th century Scotland, and were a part of the British Amateur Championships beginning in 18 ...
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