Rafael Alba

Rafael Alba
Personal information
Full nameRafael Yunier Alba Castillo
Born (1993-08-12) 12 August 1993 (age 33)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height202 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Weight class
+80 kg (180 lb)
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo+80 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris+80 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Puebla–87 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Manchester+87 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Chelyabinsk–87 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2022 Paris+80 kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Manchester+87 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Toronto+80 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Lima+80 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Queretaro+87 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Cancun+87 kg

Rafael Yunier Alba Castillo (born 12 August 1993) is a Cuban taekwondo athlete.

Alba competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's +80 kg. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's +80 kg event. Alba won another bronze medal in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alba and the second or maternal family name is Castillo.

References

  1. ↑ "CASTILLO Rafael". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "ALBA CASTILLO Rafael Yunier". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-29. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  3. ↑ "ALBA Rafael". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. (alternate link)