Jorge Betancourt García (born February 13, 1982 in

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) is a male diver from Cuba. He represented his native country at two consecutive

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, starting in 2004 (

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). Betancourt twice (2003 and 2007) won a silver medal at the

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alongside Erick Fornaris in the Men's 3m Springboard Synchro event.

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* * 1982 births Living people Cuban male divers Olympic divers of Cuba Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in diving Divers at the 2003 Pan American Games

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