Leidy Rodríguez Rodríguez . Cuban athlete from the Granma province in the specialty of Weightlifting for people with disabilities, gold medalist in the V Parapan American Games 2015 held in Toronto , Canada and Lima 2019 , in addition to being a national champion.
Summary
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- 1 Biographical synthesis
- 1 Sports career
- 2 Results
- 3 See also
- 4 References
- 5 Sources
Biographical synthesis
Born the 29 of November of 1983 in the city of Bayamo in the province Granma , Cuba . She has a boy named Osmai Mateo Rodríguez. The disability is amputation below the knees, he was born with Norwegian feet and after several operations they did not achieve improvement. He carries out primary studies in the semi-urban town of Congri in Julia, at the “José Martí Pérez” school until the 6th grade.
Sports career
Leidy comes to the sport through the sports coach Ramón Martínez Martínez (Guaso), who performs technical tests of exercises with weights, having conditions for the practice of the sports modality of Lying down strength weights , beginning his preparation in the gym that It is located within the facilities of the Martires de Barbados Stadium in Bayamo.
Her first appearance as a competitor was at the municipal and provincial sports championships for people with physical-motor disabilities ( ACLIFIM ), raising her capacities and technical skills.
Results
- 2011 – Provincial Weightlifting Championship for people with physical-motor disabilities (ACLIFIM) in the 40 kg division
- National Weightlifting Championship for people with physical-motor disabilities (ACLIFIM) in the 41 kg division, women participate by exhibition.
- 2012 – National Weightlifting Championship (ACLIFIM), lying strength, held in Bayamo , Granma , by exhibition in the 56 kg division with lifts of (50, 55, 61).
- 2013 – VIII National Paralympic, 45 kg division, gold medal
- 2014 – National Championship, 41 kg division, achieves 1st place receiving special recognition from the National Commission for people with disabilities. She is selected in the province as an outstanding athlete for her results.
- 2015 – Municipal Championship, 45 kg division, most outstanding of the event.
- National Championship, 41 kg division, lifting 77 kg with a national record, being the best female athlete.
- Open Championship of the Americas of Weightlifting (Qualifying), Federal District , Mexico , division of 41 to 45 kg, obtaining silver with 60 kg.
- V 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto , Canada , Medal of gold with elevated (67, 72, 77 kg) in the sports center Missiassauga, giving Cuba the first title of the appointment.
- 2016 – Attend the Weightlifting World Cup for the Disabled, Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
- Leidy was the athlete with the lowest body weight of the females in the unified categories of 41-61 kg, she failed all three attempts, one with 78 and two with 80 kg [1].
- XV Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6th place in the division under 41 kilograms, lifting 80 kg in his first attempt, valid for exceeding the 77 kg achieved in the continental games.
- Leidy also became the first female weightlifter from the Greater Antilles to attend the Paralympic Games, a condition that she also holds in continental events. [2]
- 2017 – National Champion, Bayamo, in the 41 Kg Division, gold, set a national record with 81 kg
- World Championship in Mexico , silver medal with 85kg.
- 2018 – National Champion, Bayamo, gold, I lift 87 kg
- National Open Qualifying Games of Barranquilla , Colombia , bronze medal with 80kg.
- World Para Powerlifting Americas (Copa de las Américas paralympic weightlifting), Bogotá, 2 silver with 85 kg, who was outscored by Colombian Aura Cristina Poblador who lifted 85 kg. [3].
- 2019 – National Champion, Villa Clara , gold, with 90 kg setting national record
- Universal contest in Kazakhstan, 5th place, where he registered in his first attempt the then Parapan American record, with 86 kg.
- Parapan American Games Lima 2019 , Peru, a gold medalist, with a continental record of 90 kilograms (kg), in the 41 kg bodyweight division, completed a streak of three valid attempts at 85, 88 and 90 kg. [4].
Selected by the specialized press and INDER among the most outstanding athletes in sports for the disabled in 2014 in Cuba [5] .
