Ibrahim Rojas

Ibrahim Rojas
Personal information
Born (1975-10-10) October 10, 1975 (age 51)
Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey, Cuba
Sport
SportCanoeing
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2000 SydneyC-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2004 AthensC-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 PoznańC-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2002 SevilleC-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place2002 SevilleC-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place1999 MilanC-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2002 SevilleC-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2001 PoznańC-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2001 PoznańC-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2003 GainesvilleC-2 500 m
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place1995 Mar del PlataC-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place1999 WinnipegC-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place1999 WinnipegC-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2003 Santo DomingoC-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2003 Santo DomingoC-2 1000 m

Ibrahim Rojas Blanco (born October 10, 1975) is a Cuban sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s.

In 2001 he and partner Leobaldo Pereira won Cuba's first-ever world championship gold medal. In all Rojas won three world titles and was Pan American champion four times. He also won silver medals at both the Sydney and Athens Olympics.

All his medals came in the two-man (C-2) Canadian canoe discipline, first with Pereira and later with Ledis Balceiro. Rojas would win eight world championship medals in his career.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ibrahim Rojas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.