José Raúl Delgado

José Raúl Delgado Díez (born August 25, 1960) is a

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

player and

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gold medalist. Delgado is a one time gold medalist for baseball, winning at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. He is the uncle of

Lourdes Gourriel Lourdes Gourriel Delgado (born 25 March 1957) is a former Cuban baseball player. He played his entire career in the Cuban National Series, and appeared with the Cuba national baseball team in nearly all of its international competitions from t ...

, and the granduncle of

Yulieski Gourriel Yulieski Gourriel Castillo (born June 9, 1984), commonly known as Yuli Gurriel and nicknamed "La Piña", is a Cuban professional baseball first baseman who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houst ...

. 1960 births Living people Olympic baseball players for Cuba Baseball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games Pan American Games gold medalists in baseball Pan American Games baseball players for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Baseball players at the 1991 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in baseball Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban sportsmen {{cuba-baseball-bio-stub