Jorge Luis Pupo

Jorge Luis Pupo
Personal information
Nationality  Cuba
Born (1982-02-14) 14 February 1982
Pinar del Río, Cuba
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Diving
Event(s) Springboard
Partner Rene Hernandez

Jorge Luis Pupo (born February 14, 1982 in Pinar del Río) is a Cuban diver, who specialized in individual and synchronized springboard events.[1] Pupo competed for the 3 m individual springboard event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his compatriot Jorge Betancourt. He placed twenty-seventh in the preliminary round of the competition, with a total score of 388.70 points.[2] In 2011, Pupo, and his partner Rene Hernandez won a bronze medal for the men's 3 m synchronized springboard event at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, with an astonishing overall score of 384.33 points.[3]

References

  1. "Jorge Pupo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  2. "Men's 3m Springboard Preliminary". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  3. "USA's Troy Dumais, Kristian Ipsen Take Silver at Pan American Games". Swimming World Magazine. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

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