Impairment Information |
Origin of Impairment |
Acquired |
Classification |
SH1 |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Matanzas, CUB |
Languages |
Spanish |
Higher education |
Industrial Engineering - Camilo Cienfuegos University: Matanzas, CUB |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She took up the sport in 2010, and began competing a year later. |
Why this sport? |
She was away from sports for six years following her accident. "After the accident I didn't want to practise any other sport. But I changed my mind when I was rehabilitating in hospital. I first wanted to try table tennis but I couldn't find a coach. But I did find a shooting coach, and that's how I began." |
Name of coach |
Lisinio Mendez [personal] |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Yeni (Paralympic Games YouTube channel, 24 Jul 2020) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning gold in the SH1 10m air pistol at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (Paralympic Games YouTube channel, 24 Jul 2020) |
Other sports |
At age 15 she began training with the Cuban national youth athletics team. (cubahora.cu, 28 Aug 2019) |
Famous relatives |
Her mother Eloina Echevarria represented Cuba in long jump at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. (SportsDeskOnline, 05 Aug 2020; jit.cu, 01 May 2020) |
Ambitions |
To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (jit.cu, 01 May 2020) |
Impairment |
In 2003 she injured her spinal cord while weight training with the Cuban national youth athletics team. (Paralympic Games YouTube channel, 24 Jul 2020; jit.cu, 01 May 2020) |
