Leidys Oquendo

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Leidys Oquendo
Personal information
Born(1982-09-01)1 September 1982
Died6 October 2022(2022-10-06) (aged 40)
NationalityCuban
Listed height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
PositionShooting guard
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Cuba
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Team
FIBA Women's AmeriCup
Gold medal – first place Messico 2013 Team
Silver medal – second place Canada 2015 Team
Centrobasket
Gold medal – first place Messico 2006 Team
Gold medal – first place Porto Rico 2008 Team
Gold medal – first place Porto Rico 2012 Team
Gold medal – first place Messico 2014 Team
Silver medal – second place Porto Rico 2018 Team

Leidys Oquendo (23 July 1982 — 6 October 2022) was a Cuban women's basketball player. She was a member of the Cuba women's national basketball team from 2006 to 2018.[1][2][3]

Oquendo became four times Centrobasket champion (2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014). She competed four times at the FIBA Women's AmeriCup. She became champion in 2013 and won the silver medal in 2015. She didn’t win a medal in 2011 and 2017. She was a member of the team at the 2007 and 2015 Pan American Games,[4] winning a bronze medal.[5] She competed at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in 2006 and 2014.

Oquendo died on 6 October 2022 at the age of 40 years.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 El fallecimiento de Leidys Oquendo enlutece al baloncesto cubano juventudrebelde.cu, 6 October 2022
  2. Baloncesto cubano de luto por el fallecimiento de Leidys Oquendo Archived 2022-10-18 at the Wayback Machine acn.cu, 6 October 2022
  3. Leidys Oquendo, basketball.latinbasket.com
  4. "Basketball: Women: Team Roster: CUB – CUBA" (PDF). Toronto2015.org. Pan American Sports Organization. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. "Basketball - Results - Women Bronze Medal Game 17". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Sports Organization. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.