List of Famous people born in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba

Mijaín López

First Name Mijaín
Born on August 20, 1982 (age 41)
Height 195 cm | 6'5

Mijaín López Núñez is a Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time World Champion, and five-time Pan American Games champion. He is the younger brother of Michel López Núñez, a Cuban amateur boxer.

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Liván Moinelo

Liván Moinelo Pita is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for Vegueros de Pinar del Rio in the Cuban National Series. He was dispatched to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2017.

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Idalys Ortiz

First Name Idalys
Born on September 27, 1989 (age 34)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Idalys Ortiz Bocourt is a Cuban judoka. She competed in the over 78 kg division at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a medal on each occasion.

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Yoan Pablo Hernández

First Name Yoan
Last Name Hernández
Born on October 28, 1984 (age 39)
Height 193 cm | 6'4

Yoan Pablo Hernández Suárez is a Cuban-German professional boxer. He held the unified IBF and Ring magazine cruiserweight titles between 2011 and 2015, as well as the WBA interim cruiserweight title in 2011. He is the half-brother of Yoel Romero, a freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist.

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Omar Linares

First Name Omar
Last Name Linares
Born on October 23, 1967 (age 56)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Omar Linares Izquierdo is a former Cuban baseball player. Linares, who played third base for the Cuban national team and for Pinar del Río and Vegueros in the Cuban National Series wearing the number 10 on his jersey, is considered one of the greatest Cuban players of all time. Linares's first steps in the world of sports were as a track and field athlete where he was considered a promising star at a young age. Linares soon decided to follow the steps of his father Fidel Linares in the world of baseball. He is well known in Cuba for having started a baseball career at a very young age. It is to Cuban baseball broadcaster Bobby Salamanca to whom it is attributed the popularity of Linares's nickname "El Niño" after Linares impressed Salamanca with his baseball skills as a teen being called to the roster of Cuban national team being only 17, it is to former manager Jose Miguel Pineda that Linares attributes the authority of his nickname in 1982. After a career as a player in Cuba, Linares along with other Cuban baseball stars such as Antonio Pacheco, Orestes Kindelan and German Mesa in coordination with the Cuban national baseball commission decided to give it a try in the Nippon Professional Baseball. Linares went on to spending three unproductive seasons with the Chunichi Dragons wearing the number 44 on his jersey to later after return to Cuba. In 2009 Linares decided to become a batting coach and first base coach for longtime rival team Industriales helping them to conquer a national championship. Although Linares never received an official retiring ceremony, the season of 2001–2002 is considered to be his last appearance in Cuban National Baseball Series.

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Roniel Iglesias

First Name Roniel
Born on August 14, 1988 (age 35)

Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo is a Cuban amateur boxer, best known for winning the junior world title at lightweight in 2006, a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

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Lázaro Álvarez

First Name Lázaro
Last Name Álvarez
Born on January 28, 1991 (age 33)

Lázaro Jorge Álvarez Estrada is a Cuban amateur boxer who won the world title in 2011, 2013 and 2015. He also won gold medals at the 2011, 2015, and 2019 Pan American Games and bronze medals at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics. He is a southpaw.

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Michel López Núñez

First Name Michel
Last Name Núñez
Born on November 5, 1976 (age 47)

Michel López Núñez is a Cuban boxer who won the Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the older brother of Mijaín López Núñez, a Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler.

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Sen Dog

Senen Reyes
First Name Sen
Last Name Dog
Born on November 20, 1965 (age 58)

Senen Reyes, also known by his stage name Sen Dog, is a Cuban-American rapper and musician who is best known as a member of the rap group Cypress Hill and as the lead vocalist for the heavy metal band Powerflo. He has been developing a solo career in addition to his work with Cypress Hill and Powerflo, and is the lead vocalist for rap rock band SX-10.

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Mellow Man Ace

Ulpiano Sergio Reyes
First Name Mellow
Born on April 12, 1967 (age 57)

Ulpiano Sergio Reyes, better known as Mellow Man Ace, is a Cuban-American rapper known for bilingual delivery and novelty rhymes. He was born in Cuba and moved to Los Angeles with his family at the age of four.

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