Omar Ajete

Omar Ajete Iglesias (born 31 July 1965) is a Cuban former baseball pitcher who starred for Pinar del Río of the Cuban National Series, and the Cuban national team.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ajete and the second or maternal family name is Iglesias.
Omar Ajete
Pitcher
Born: July 31, 1965 (1965-07-31) (age 58)
San Juan, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Baseball World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1990 Edmonton Team
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Seattle Team

Career

Ajete was born on 31 July 1965 in San Juan in the Cuban province of Pinar del Río.[2] He started practicing baseball when he was 13 years old. Ajete initially played center field but switched positions and played as pitcher in a youth province championship.[3]

Ajete, a left-handed starter, made his debut in the Cuban National Series in 1984 with the Pinar del Río team and compiled a career record of 179–96 over sixteen 90-game seasons in the National Series, from 1984 to 2001, winning four championships in 1985, 1988, 1997 and 1998.[4]He pitched for Cuba national baseball team at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic games, earning two gold medals, in 1992 and 1996 and a silver medal in 2000.[5] After the 2000–01 season, Ajete retired from baseball.

References
  1. "Omar Ajete Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. "Omar Ajete Iglesias". Portal del ciudadano de Pinar del Río (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. Medina Bonilla, Darién (12 August 2020). "Omar Ajete: "que se reconozca un poquito más lo que hicieron las glorias deportivas"". Play-Off Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. "Honor a quien honor merece: Omar Ajete". Pelota Cubana (in Spanish). 6 May 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  5. "Omar AJETE Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.


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