Ibrahim Rojas

Ibrahim Rojas Blanco (born October 10, 1975 in Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey) is a Cuban sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.
Ibrahim Rojas
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2000 SydneyC-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2004 AthensC-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 PoznańC-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2002 SevilleC-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place2002 SevilleC-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place1999 MilanC-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2002 SevilleC-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2001 PoznańC-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2001 PoznańC-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2003 GainesvilleC-2 500 m
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo C-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo C-2 1000 m

In 2001 he and partner Leobaldo Pereira won Cuba's first-ever world championship gold medal. In all Rojas won three world titles and was Pan American champion four times. He also won silver medals at both the Sydney and Athens Olympics.

All his medals came in the two-man (C-2) Canadian canoe discipline, first with Pereira and later with Ledis Balceiro. Rojas would win eight world championship medals in his career.

References
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ibrahim Rojas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26.


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