SSL Team CUB – By Sailors for Sailors

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP... IN SAILING

15 NOV - 13 DEC 2026 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Events

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QS ROUND 4

G1 - Race 1

11:00

30 June 2022

SWITZERLAND

Participants

OMA

CUB

GUA

MEX

Results

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QS ROUND 4

G1 - Race 2

12:00

30 June 2022

SWITZERLAND

Participants

OMA

CUB

GUA

MEX

Results

Replay

QS ROUND 4

G1 - Race 3

11:00

01 July 2022

SWITZERLAND

Participants

OMA

CUB

GUA

MEX

Results

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QS ROUND 4

G1 - Race 4

12:00

01 July 2022

SWITZERLAND

Participants

OMA

CUB

GUA

MEX

Results

Replay

QS ROUND 4

G1 - Race 5

11:00

02 July 2022

SWITZERLAND

Participants

OMA

CUB

GUA

MEX

Results

Replay

QS ROUND 4

G1 - Race 6

12:00

02 July 2022

SWITZERLAND

Participants

OMA

CUB

GUA

MEX

Results

Replay

1/32 FINALS

G2 - Race 1

12:00

10 November 2023

SPAIN

Participants

POR

EST

CHI

CUB

Results

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1/32 FINALS

G2 - Race 2

13:30

11 November 2023

SPAIN

Participants

POR

EST

CHI

CUB

Results

Replay

1/32 FINALS

G2 - Race 3

15:00

12 November 2023

SPAIN

Participants

POR

EST

CHI

CUB

Results

Replay

1/32 FINALS

G2 - Race 4

10:30

13 November 2023

SPAIN

Participants

POR

EST

CHI

CUB

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

SLEEPY AS AN ALLIGATOR BUT CRUSHING AS A STORM

The largest island in the Caribbean, Cuba has a long tradition in dinghy sailing since 1886. The team is characterized by its discipline and collective work, but with very little experience in the practice of cruising sailing. Their desire to win makes a small group of experienced sailors with the strength of young sailors, members of the Olympic classes, known and respected among themselves, have one goal: to demonstrate in the SSL Gold Cup the temperament and ability of the sailors of the largest island in the Caribbean. The strengths of the team are unity and discipline, led by a captain with a high sports preparation and great results in the Snipe class, capable of sailing in different hydrometeorological conditions with a high psychological resistance, to coordinate the whole team and demonstrate in the SSL Gold Cup the temperament and capacity of the sailors of the largest island in the Caribbean.

Statistics

THE COUNTRY

1 National Sailing Center
9 provincial centers
250 sports enthusiasts
150 sailors
100 high performance athletes

ACHIEVEMENTS

1 World Championship - Gold
6 Continental Games Awards
24 Regional Championships

Ssl ranking

SSL best ranked woman: Sanlay Castro
SSL best ranked man: Nelido Manso
SSL nations ranking:63

MAIN EVENTS

National youth and school games
"Cuba Cup" National Sailing Championship.

1948

Cuba won the silver medal in the Olympic Games in the Star class. The first Olympic medal for the country in sailing.

The captain

NELIDO MANSO LÓPEZ

Nelido Manso López was born on December 26, 1966, residing in Caibarien Villa Clara, a university graduate in sports and captain of the ship. His main sporting achievements were champion three times in Pan American Games, Central American, and world champion.

THE LEADERS

Dennier Infante Pupo

Active athlete of the Cuban National Sailing Team. He has participated in numerous international events in the Laser class. Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018. Pan American Games Lima 2019. South American Laser Paracas Peru 2018. North American Laser Vancouver Canada 2017. He is a 4-time national champion in the Laser class and multi-medalist in the optimis class. He has a degree in Physical Culture and Sports.

Sanlay Castro de le Cruz

13-year athlete of the Cuban national team. As an athlete, she has been a national champion in the different school and youth categories since 2004 in the Optimist and Laser Radial classes. She represented the country in the Central American and Caribbean Games in three editions, Veracruz 2014, Barranquilla 2018 and San Salvador 2023 with a silver medal in the Laser Radial class. She has also participated in continental events such as the Pan American Games in Toronto 2015 and Peru 2019. She has an academic degree in Law

Alejandro la Guardia

Alejandro de Guardia Pérez was born in Havana on July 5, 1998. During his professional career he has participated in national and international competitions such as the Central American Games in 2014 or the 23rd Hobie 16 World Championship in 2022. His most relevant achievements are 5 times national champion and South American runner-up in 2014.

THE YOUTH FACTOR

Cuba has many young athletes with a great future in the Olympic and regional classes, with the possibility of obtaining good results in the next international events such as the Central American, Pan American and Olympic Games. Most of the members of our team for the SSL Gold Cup are young people under 30 years old with a high competitive level in the Olympic classes.

Confirmed Athletes

Nelido Manso Lopez

Captain | 10

Vicente de la Guardia Llanso

Tactician | 9

Darien Martinez Pimentel

Trimmer | 5

René Torrecilla Abreu

Bow | 1

Sanlay Castro de le Cruz

Helm | 8

Alejandro de la Guardia Pérez

Trimmer | 4

Luis Mario Suarez Manso

Grinder | 6

Oscar Perez Rosales

Floater | 21

Pedro Hernández Cabrera

Main Trimmer | 7

Dennier Infante Pupo

Mid Bow | 2

Pedro José Vega Acosta

Pit | 3

Potential Team Position

1 BOW René Torrecilla Abreu	2 MID-BOW Dennier Infante Pupo
3 PIT Pedro José Vega Acosta	4 GRINDER Luis Mario Suarez Manso
5 TRIMMER Darien Martinez Pimentel	6 TRIMMER Alejandro de la Guardia Pérez
7 MAIN TRIMMER Pedro Hernández Cabrera	8 HELMS Sanlay Castro de le Cruz
9 TACTICIAN Vicente de la Guardia Llanso	10 CAPTAIN Nelido Manso Lopez
11 FLOATER Oscar Perez Rosales

BOW

René Torrecilla Abreu

MID-BOW

Dennier Infante Pupo

PIT

Pedro José Vega Acosta

GRINDER

Luis Mario Suarez Manso

TRIMMER

Darien Martinez Pimentel

TRIMMER

Alejandro de la Guardia Pérez

MAIN TRIMMER

Pedro Hernández Cabrera

HELMS

Sanlay Castro de le Cruz

TACTICIAN

Vicente de la Guardia Llanso

CAPTAIN

Nelido Manso Lopez

FLOATER

Oscar Perez Rosales

SQUAD

Nelido Manso López	Vicente de la Guardia Llanso
Darien Martinez Pimentel	René Torrecilla Abreu
Sanlay Castro de le Cruz	Alejandro de la Guardia Pérez
Luis Mario Suarez Manso	Oscar Perez Rosales
Pedro Hernández Cabrera	Pedro José Vega Acosta
Dennier Infante Pupo	Zoe Barrios Fleitas
Nino de la Guardia Marrero	Lorena Fundora Rodríguez
Carlos Ripoll Acosta	Laura Yanes Padron
Barbaro Joel Rodriguez Teran	Jaimet Ruano Vázquez
Thalía Carralero Pichs	Andres Felipe Macias Fragas
Yasniel Almeida Romero