Yunidis Castillo

Yunidis Castillo

Yunidis at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.
Personal information
Nickname(s)	The Bullet
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Running
Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for  Cuba Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing 100m - T46 2008 Beijing 200m - T46 2012 London 100m - T46 2012 London 200m - T46 2012 London 400m - T46 IPC World Championships 2011 Christchurch 100m - T46 2011 Christchurch 200m - T46 2011 Christchurch 400m - T46 2013 Lyon 100m - T46 2013 Lyon 200m - T46 2013 Lyon 400m - T46 2015 Doha T47 200 m 2015 Doha Women's Long Jump F47 2015 Doha T47 400 m
Updated on 26 October 2015.

Yunidis Castillo (born 6 June 1987) is a Paralympic athlete from Cuba competing mainly in category T46 sprint events.^[1]

She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished thirteenth in the women's Long jump - F44-46 event. She also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's 100 metres - T46 event and a gold medal in the women's 200 metres - T46 event.

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she won gold medal in the women's 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres T46^[2] events setting new world record in all of them.

She lost her right arm in a car accident at the age of 10.^[3]

References

1. "Castillo, Yunidis". IPC. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
2. http://caribbean-beat.com/issue-116/they-are-olympians-too
3. José Luis López (September 14, 2012). "Yunidis Castillo, the New Face of Cuban Disabled Sports". Retrieved November 11, 2012.

External links

• Results for Yunidis Castillo from the International Paralympic Committee
• Yunidis Castillo, the New Face of Cuban Disabled Sports by José Luis López, 2012-09-14.