Luis Enrique Méndez (born November 16, 1973) is a former world champion in

Greco-Roman Wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Euro-English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been i ...

competing for

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 ...

. Méndez represented Cuba at the 2000 Olympics,Luis Enrique Méndez
/ref> as well as 5 World Championships. His greatest accomplishment was a gold medal at the

1999 World Wrestling Championships The following is the final results of the 1999 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Ankara, Turkey. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Piraeus, Greece and Women's competition were held in Boden, Sweden. ...

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* 1973 births Living people Martial artists from Pinar del Río Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cuban male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Cuba World Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 1999 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{Cuba-wrestling-bio-stub