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Isel Saavedra León's has been, perhaps, the most difficult time that a Cuban high-performance athlete has had to live to integrate a first-rate national team. The ex-volleyball player from San Luis was part of the legendary women's volleyball team called Las Morenas del Caribe in the late 1980s and first half of the 1990s.

Glory of the Cuban sport, discóbola. Champion of the Central American and Caribbean Games of Cartagena de Indias 2006 and of the Pan American Games of 2007, world multi-medalist and runner-up of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Glory of Cuban sport. Cuban pole vaulting athlete. Champion in the Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011, Toronto 2015 and Olympic runner-up of the London Games in 2012. She debuted with 19 years at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena 2006, winning the silver medal with a jump of 3.95 meters. Since then she has become one of the main jumpers of its generation.

Cuban boxer of the 64 kilogram division. World youth champion in 2006, world champion of Milan, 2009, Bronze medalist of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and Champion of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Glory of the Cuban sport.