Raúl Cascaret
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| Full name | Raúl Cascaret Fonseca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 June 1962 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 March 1995 (aged 32) Havana, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raúl Cascaret Fonseca (20 June 1962 – 26 March 1995) was a Cuban freestyle wrestler.[1][2] Cascaret was a two-time World Champion and competed in the men's freestyle 62 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics, placing fourth.[3][4] A Pan American Games champion and a seven-time Cuban National champion, Cascaret died in a car crash in 1995, at the age of 32.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Raúl Cascaret: el primer gran campeón de la lucha cubana". oncubanews. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Ilustres: Raúl Cascaret, ¡qué luchador!". trabajadores. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Raúl Cascaret". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Raúl Cascaret". Olympics.org. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Raúl Cascaret, un rey mundial de la lucha cubana - Periódico Guerrillero". guerrillero.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- Raúl Cascaret at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Raúl Cascaret at Olympedia
- Raúl Cascaret at Olympics.com
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