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

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]

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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