Behind every successful athlete, there exist many interconnected factors, with coaches carrying out one of the most important roles.
Despite the extraordinary challenge of training sports stars, coaches who ensure that their athletes give the top performance in the moment of truth receive greater recognition.
Using their extensive theoretical and practical knowledge, these coaches create meticulous training plans, which combined with their expertise and pep-talks must be effectively exploited by the athletes at the precise moment.
Cuba’s sporting movement recognizes both outstanding athletes and the trainers who helped them reach the top spot.
These coaches are included along with the country’s stellar athletes in the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation’s (INDER) resolution on permanent encouragement for World, Olympic, Pan American and Central American and Caribbean Games medal winners and champions.
Appearing in brackets next to the name of the trainer is that of the athlete they coached to sporting perfection.
Granma devotes a second moment of equally-deserved honor and glory to these coaches.
OUTSTANDING COACHES OF 2015
ADULTS
Alexander Navas Páez (Yarisley Silva - Athletics).
Carlos R. Gil Hernández (Manrique Larduet - Gymnastics).
Raúl Fernández Liranza (Julio C. La Cruz - Boxing).
Alberto D. Zabala Forns (Clenia Noblet - Basketball).
Carlos Martí Santos (Alfredo Despaigne - Baseball).
Rolando Acebal Montes (Joahnys O. Argilagos, Erislandy Savón & Yosbany Veitía - Boxing).
Pedro A. Val Bargueiras (Mijaín López - Wrestling).
Daniel Osorio Díaz (Pedro P. Pichardo - Athletics).
Raúl Calderón Pozo (Denia Caballero - Athletics).
Ricardo J. Cedeño González (Arlen López - Boxing).
Julio Mena Torres (Lázaro J. Álvarez & Yasnier Toledo - Boxing).
Leonel Pérez Almeida (Ismael Borrero - Wrestling).
Roberto Cárdenas Suárez (Rafael Alba & Rosbelis Despaigne - Taekwondo).
Joan M. Paula Azcuy (Ángel Fournier - Rowing).
Darovis Acevedo Rodríguez (Yusmary Mengana – Canoeing).
Ronaldo Veitía Valdivié (Idalis Ortiz - Judo).
Florencio Pérez Samón (Lisandra Guerra - Cycling).
Raúl C. Montejo Rodríguez (Jhoan L. Torreblanca & Armando Chappi - Jai alai).
YOUTH
Héctor L. Duharte Favier (Yulenmis Aguilar - Athletics).
Humberto Horta Domínguez (Dainier C. Peró & Edel Acosta - Boxing).
Julio Alderete Reyes (Iván F. Silva - Judo).
Juan Gualberto Nápoles (Maykel D. Massó & Cristian A. Nápoles - Athletics).
Maikro Romero Esquirol (Alexei Rodríguez).
Jaine Hernández Ayón (Luis E. Patterson - Fencing).
Marcos J. Pérez Ruiz (Yanna A. Armenteros - Athletics).
Ramsés Ortiz Macías (George L. Barcelán - Jai alai).
Lisandra Pérez Hernández (Gretel A. Mendoza – Rhythmic gymnastics).
Alejandro Placer García (Arlet Hernández & Daniela Darriba - Jai alai).
DISABLED SPORTS
Miriam Ferrer Fernández (Omara Durand, Yunidis Castillo, Lenier Savón & Ernesto Blanco - Athletics).
Luis A. Barreiro Mayeta (Leonardo Díaz - Athletics).
Luis A. Bueno Chávez (Luis F. Gutiérrez - Athletics).
Ernesto Garrido Oliva (Lorenzo Pérez & Juan Castillo - Swimming).
Ramón Martínez Martínez (Danilo Rodríguez, Oniger Drake & Leydi Rodríguez - Weightlifting).
Senén Ramos Benítez (Yordanis Fernández & Yangaliny Jiménez - Judo).
