Ernesto Garrido

Ernesto Garrido is a paralympic swimmer from Cuba competing mainly in category S10 events.

Ernesto Garrido
Medal record
Swimming
Representing  Cuba
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 50 metre freestyle - S10

Ernesto competed in three paralympics, in his first games in 1992 though he was entered in the athletics shot put and discus he didn't compete in them and instead competed in the pool. He competed in the 100m freestyle, winning his heat but only managing fourth in the final, the 50m freestyle where he again won his heat but was beaten in the final by Italian Gianluca Saini who set a new world record, the 200m medley finishing last in the final and the 400m freestyle where despite setting a world record in the heat and swimming faster in the final still ended up fourth.[1]

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