Omar Ajete Iglesias (born 31 July 1965) is a Cuban former

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who starred for

Pinar del Río Pinar del Río is the capital city of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. With a population of 191,081 (2022), it is the List of cities in Cuba, 10th-largest city in Cuba. Inhabitants of the area are called ''Pinareños''. History Pinar del Río was ...

of the

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, and the Cuban national team.

Career

Ajete was born on 31 July 1965 in San Juan in the Cuban province of

. He started practicing baseball when he was 13 years old. Ajete initially played center field but switched positions and played as pitcher in a youth province championship. Ajete, a left-handed starter, made his debut in the

in 1984 with the

team and compiled a career record of 179–96 over sixteen 90-game seasons in the National Series, from 1984 to 2001, winning four championships in 1985, 1988, 1997 and 1998. He pitched for Cuba national baseball team at the

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

and

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

Olympic games, earning two gold medals, in 1992 and 1996 and a silver medal in 2000. After the 2000–01 season, Ajete retired from baseball.

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