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| Full name | Suslaidy Girat Rivero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuban | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Suslaidy Girat Rivero[a] (born 19 August 1987) is a Cuban female deaf track and field athlete.[1] She has competed at the Deaflympics in 2009, 2013 and in 2017 representing Cuba. Suslaidy Girat has won 8 medals in the Deaflympics including 6 gold medals and set the landmark for becoming the finest ever Cuban to have competed at the Deaflympics.[2]
In the 2013 Summer Deaflympics, she broke the world record in the 100m individual competition for the deaf (women) with a timing of 11.71 seconds.
She also holds some unique records in Deaflympics for women in athletics such as 100m (11.71 seconds), long jump (6.13 seconds), triple jump (13.60 seconds).[3][4]
