Yunidis Castillo

Yunidis Castillo

Yunidis at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.
Personal information
Nickname	The Bullet
Sport
Country	Cuba
Sport	Running
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Cuba Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing 100m - T46 2008 Beijing 200m - T46 2012 London 100m - T46 2012 London 200m - T46 2012 London 400m - T46 2016 Rio de Janeiro Long jump - T47 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 200m - T47 2015 Doha Long jump F47 2015 Doha 400m - T47 Parapan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 100m - T46 2007 Rio de Janeiro 200m - T46 2011 Guadalajara 100m - T46 2015 Toronto 100m - T47 2015 Toronto 200m - T47
Updated on 22 March 2021

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. "The Caribbean paralympians 2012 — olympians too". July 2012.
3. José Luis López (14 September 2012). "Yunidis Castillo, the New Face of Cuban Disabled Sports". Retrieved November 11, 2012.

External links

• Yunidis Castillo at the International Paralympic Committee
• Yunidis Castillo at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Yunidis Castillo, the New Face of Cuban Disabled Sports by José Luis López, 14 September 2012.