SAVON PINEDA Leinier

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	100m - T12	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	10.97
1	200m - T12	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	22.23
8	Long Jump - T12	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6.74
World Championships
1	100m - T12	2017	London, GBR	10.72
1	100m - T12	2015	Doha, QAT	10.82
1	200m - T12	2015	Doha, QAT	22.14
8	Long Jump - T12	2015	Doha, QAT	6.64
DSQ	200m - T12	2017	London, GBR	DSQ

Physical Education

Spanish

Mirian Ferrer Fernandez [personal]

He is related to Cuban boxers Felix Savon and Erislandy Savon. Felix won gold in the heavyweight category at the Olympic Games in 1992, 1996, and 2000, while Erislandy claimed gold in the heavyweight category at the 2017 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany, as well as the Pan American Games in 2015 and 2019. (SportsDeskOnline, 14 Oct 2019; cubasi.cu, 27 Aug 2016; granma.cu, 09 Oct 2015)

2014 for Cuba, in Mexico (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017)

In early 2016 he suffered an injury to the sole of his foot that was caused by the spikes of his shoe. It took him two months to recover. (radiohc.cu, 15 Sep 2016; cubasi.cu, 27 Aug 2016)

He took up the sport at age 16 in Guantanamo, Cuba. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017)

He was keen to try boxing, like his cousins Felix Savon and Erislandy Savon, but his mother encouraged him to choose athletics instead. "I like to feel adrenaline and this sport helps me to do that." (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017; radiohc.cu, 15 Sep 2016)

Cuban long jumper Ivan Pedroso, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017)

His mother. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017)

In 2019 he was named among Cuba's 10 Best Athletes with an Impairment at the Cuban Sports Awards. (cubadebate.cu, 20 Dec 2019)

In 2016 he was named Athlete with an Impairment of the Year by the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation [INDER] and the Union of Cuban Journalists' Sportswriters Circle. (granma.cu, 14 Dec 2016)

In 2015 he was named Paralympic Sportsman of the Year by INDER. (jit.cu, 08 Dec 2015; granma.cu, 07 Dec 2015)