CUB SSL GOLD CUP – By Sailors for Sailors

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP... IN SAILING

QUALIFYING SERIES | MAY-JULY 2022 | SWITZERLAND

FINAL SERIES | 10 November-3 December 2023 | BAHRAIN

Events (Provisional dates)

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QS ROUND 4

RACE 1

11:55

30 June 2022

SWITZERLAND

Participants

GUA

OMA

MEX

CUB

Points

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QS ROUND 4

RACE 2

13:13

30 June 2022

Switzerland

Participants

GUA

CUB

OMA

MEX

Points

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QS ROUND 4

RACE 3

13:50

01 July 2022

Switzerland

Participants

MEX

CUB

GUA

OMA

Points

Replay

QS ROUND 4

RACE 4

14:55

01 July 2022

Switzerland

Participants

CUB

MEX

GUA

OMA

Points

Replay

QS ROUND 4

RACE 5

10:05

02 July 2022

Switzerland

Participants

OMA

CUB

MEX

GUA

Points

Replay

QS ROUND 4

RACE 6

11:50

02 July 2022

Switzerland

Participants

OMA

CUB

GUA

MEX

Points

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

SLEEPY AS AN ALLIGATOR BUT CRUSHING AS A STORM

The largest island in the Caribbean, Cuba has a long tradition in dinghy sailing since 1886. The team is characterized by its discipline and collective work, but with very little experience in the practice of cruising sailing.

Their desire to win makes a small group of experienced sailors with the strength of young sailors, members of the Olympic classes, known and respected among themselves, have one goal: to demonstrate in the SSL Gold Cup the temperament and ability of the sailors of the largest island in the Caribbean.

The strengths of the team are unity and discipline, led by a captain with a high sports preparation and great results in the Snipe class, capable of sailing in different hydrometeorological conditions with a high psychological resistance, to coordinate the whole team and demonstrate in the SSL Gold Cup the temperament and capacity of the sailors of the largest island in the Caribbean.

Statistics

THE COUNTRY

1 National Sailing Center
8 provincial centers
1 000 sports enthusiasts
700 sailors
500 high performance athletes

ACHIEVEMENTS

1 World Championship - Gold
7+ Continental Games Awards

Ssl ranking

SSL best ranked woman: Sanlay Castro
SSL best ranked man: Nelido Manso
SSL nations ranking: 63

MAIN EVENTS

National Youth and School Games
"Cuba Cup" National Sailing Championship

1948

Cuba won the silver medal in the Olympic Games in the Star class. The first Olympic medal for the country in sailing.

The captain

NELIDO MANSO LÓPEZ

Nelido Manso Lopez was born on December 26, 1966, residing in Caibarien Villa Clara, a university graduate in sports and captain of the ship. His main sporting achievements were champion three times in Pan American Games, Central American, and world champion.

THE LEADERS

SANLAY CASTRO DE LA CRUZ

13-year athlete of the Cuban national team. As an athlete, she has been a national champion in the different school and youth categories since 2004 in the Optimist and Laser Radial classes. She represented the country in the Central American and Caribbean Games in two editions, Veracruz 2014 and Barranquilla 2018 in the Laser Radial class also in continental events such as the Pan American Games in Toronto 2015 and Peru 2019. She has an academic degree in Law

Dennier Infante Pupo

Active athlete of the Cuban National Sailing Team. He has participated in numerous international events in the Laser class. Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018. Pan American Games Lima 2019. South American Laser Paracas Peru 2018. North American Laser Vancouver Canada 2017. He is a 4-time national champion in the Laser class and multi-medalist in the optimis class. He has a degree in Physical Culture and Sports.

Alejandro la Guardia

Alejandro de Guardia Pérez was born in Havana on July 5, 1998. During his professional career he has participated in national and international competitions such as the Central American Games in 2014 or the 23rd Hobie 16 World Championship in 2022. His most relevant achievements are 5 times national champion and South American runner-up in 2014.

THE YOUTH FACTOR

Cuba has many young athletes with a great future in the Olympic and regional classes, with the possibility of obtaining good results in the next international events such as the Central American, Pan American and Olympic Games.
Most of the members of our team for the SSL Gold Cup are young people under 30 years old with a high competitive level in the Olympic classes.

Confirmed Athletes

Captain Nelido Manso López

CAPTAIN | 10

René Torrecilla Abreu

BOW | 1

Pedro Hernández Cabrera

MID BOW | 7

Dennier Infante Pupo

PIT | 3

José Antonio Urbay Torna

GRINDER | 6

Darien Martinez Pimentel

TRIMMER | 5

Oscar Perez Rosales

TRIMMER | 4

Alejandro de la Guardia Pérez

MAIN TRIMMER | 7

Vicente de la Guardia Llanso

TACTICIAN | 9

Sanlay Castro de le Cruz

FLOATER | 11

Potencial Team Position

1 BOW René Torrecilla Abreu	2 MID-BOW Pedro Hernández Cabrera
3 PIT Dennier Infante Pupo	4 GRINDER José Antonio Urbay Torna
5 TRIMMER Darien Martinez Pimentel	6 TRIMMER Oscar Perez Rosales
7 MAIN TRIMMER Alejandro de la Guardia Pérez	8 HELM Rafael Perez Cabello
9 TACTICIAN Vicente de la Guardia Llanso	10 CAPTAIN Nelido Manso Lopez
11 FLOATER Sanlay Castro de le Cruz

BOW

René Torrecilla Abreu

MID-BOW

Pedro Hernández Cabrera

PIT

Dennier Infante Pupo

GRINDER

José Antonio Urbay Torna

TRIMMER

Darien Martinez Pimentel

TRIMMER

Oscar Perez Rosales

MAIN TRIMMER

Alejandro de la Guardia Pérez

HELM

Rafael Perez Cabello

TACTICIAN

Vicente de la Guardia Llanso

CAPTAIN

Nelido Manso Lopez

FLOATER

Sanlay Castro de le Cruz

SQUAD

René Torrecilla Abreu	Pedro Hernández Cabrera
Dennier Infante Pupo	José Antonio Urbay Torna
Darien Martinez Pimentel	Oscar Perez Rosales
Alejandro de la Guardia Pérez	Rafael Perez Cabello
Vicente de la Guardia Llanso	Nelido Manso López
Sanlay Castro de le Cruz	Zoe Barrios Fleitas
Nino de la Guardia Marrero	Yasniel Almeida Romero
Jaimet Ruano Vázquez