Juan Castillo Estevez

Cuba

Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Classification

S10, SB8, SM10

Further personal information

Occupation

Athlete

Languages

Spanish

Higher education

Industrial Engineering - Havana Technological University [CUJAE]: Cuba

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He took up the sport at age seven in Havana, Cuba.

Why this sport?

He has enjoyed swimming since he was a child.

Name of coach

Luisa Mojarrieta [personal]; Dayron Jorge [personal]; Ernesto Garrido [national], CUB

Training Regime

He trains at the Baragua pool complex in Havana, Cuba.

International debut

Year

2015

Competing for

Cuba

Location

São Paulo, BRA

General interest

Nicknames

Tuti (Facebook profile, 04 Sep 2019)

Memorable sporting achievement

Winning gold in the S9 100m butterfly at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2017)

Most influential person in career

Cuban Para swimmer Ernesto Garrido. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2017)

Hero / Idol

Cuban Para swimmer Ernesto Garrido. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2017)

Awards and honours

In 2015 and 2017 he was named among the 10 Best Athletes with an Impairment in Cuba. (trabajadores.cu, 23 Dec 2017; cubasi.cu, 07 Dec 2015)

Impairment

He has Guillain-Barre syndrome, a condition in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2017; cibercuba.com, 11 Aug 2015)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9	Heat 1	2016-09-09	7
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9	Heat 2	2016-09-13	6
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9	Heat 2	2016-09-15	3
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9	Final Round	2016-09-15	5

Mexico City 2017 World Para Swimming Championships (Mexico City, Mexico)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9	Heat 1	2017-12-06	4
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9	Final 1	2017-12-06	4
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9	Heat 1	2017-12-07	10
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9	Heat 1	2017-12-07	5
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9	Final 1	2017-12-07	5